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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and Athena Stavrou

My late brother’s struggles in school inspired Send overhaul, Starmer says

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed that his late brother’s “fight every day to be seen” in the classroom has inspired his £4bn overhaul of special educational needs (Send) to make the system more inclusive.

The prime minister said his brother Nick, who had learning difficulties, faced a constant battle in a system “that never had any expectations for him” and that the government’s plans to transform the system would bring an an end to the “one size fits all system”.

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