Families across the country have shared 1253 accounts exposing unlawful, harmful, or unethical behaviour by 134 local authorities.
Every major political party is represented among them — this is not about party politics, but about a system that is broken. Local accountability is being bypassed, and in places like Surrey, the truth has been buried. For over a year, the council concealed that it had the highest tribunal complaint rate in the country.
While councils face huge financial pressures around SEND, too often that pressure has translated into a culture of lying and treating children’s suffering as just another “problem to manage.” The result is a system that has become dishonest and brutalised.
If we reduce their SEND rights and throw our children to local authorities we cannot trust, we throw away their lives.
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Residents in Charlwood were without internet all day on Monday, made worse by the poor mobile signal in the area.
Surrey County Council’s SEND reform plan sets Surrey up to continue to fail thousands of SEND children in their legal and basic human right to an education.
An increase in defence spending offers an opportunity to address our national security, economic and fiscal challenges together.
I have been advocating for better long term economy policy making on the Treasury Committee.
This follows details about their decision to drop two investigations into Officers at Surrey County Council.
It's been over 100 days since the illegal waste operation in Dorking was due to be cleared, yet it is still there.
