Thousands of families with children who have special educational needs and disabilities have staged protests across England against funding cuts. Organisers of Send National Crisis said about 1,000 people attended a rally in Parliament Square in Westminster. Ahead of the rally, James delivered a 13,000-signature petition to Downing Street to call on the government to end the “national crisis” in special educational needs and disability (Send) funding and delivery. Parker said a lack of educational funding for children would mean they were more reliant on taxpayers in the future. The Local Government Association estimates that English councils face a Send funding gap of more than £500m this year.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2019 16:50 UTC