Ministers "sleepwalking into another crisis" over SEND

Responding to Stephen Morgan (Under-Secretary of State for Early Education) being unable to rule out support cuts for children with EHCPs during this morning's media round, Munira Wilson MP, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, said:

"The SEND system urgently needs fixing, but Ministers mustn't use that as an excuse to balance the books on the backs of disabled children.

"The Government is ignoring the concerns of special needs families and campaigners, and is in serious danger of sleepwalking into another crisis - just like they did with the Welfare Bill.

"Bridget Phillipson (Secretary of State for Education) must listen to those concerns and come up with a proper solution that protects the most vulnerable in our communities, rather than throwing their support out the window.”