LISTEN: Education Minister Refuses to Guarantee SEND Spending in Brewing Labour Rebellion

An education minister has refused to guarantee that children with special needs will continue to receive their current guaranteed education provisions under current plans to reform the SEND system. Labour MPs are feeling rebellious…

After Phillipson failed to make guarantees yesterday to not scrap education, health and care plans (EHCPs), which force authorities to provide a level of service for children with special needs, early years minister Stephen Morgan was needled on Times Radio on proposals to alter them.[…] Read the rest