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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul

Children raise their hands in a classroom
Campaigners are calling on Andy Burnham to abandon core parts of the reforms, which were announced by Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Campaigners are calling on Andy Burnham to abandon the core elements of the government’s overhaul of special educational needs provision in England, arguing they unfairly remove children’s legal protections.

A group of children, parents and experts, led by the broadcaster Chris Packham, have written a letter calling for the prime minister to gut the plans laid out under his predecessor Keir Starmer.

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