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Abbie Llewelyn

Mother with cancer calls for reform of ‘unfair’ school places policy

Christine Lote and her daughter Sophie (family handout/PA) -

A mother with stage four cancer has called for reforms to her local authority’s “unfair” school allocation policy, and a change to the national schools admissions code.

Christine Lote, 41, from Bristol, was diagnosed in 2022 with a rare type of bone cancer called chondrosarcoma in her heel.

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