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Ted Hennessey

Sight of children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’, Richard Tice says

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice talked about Send costs (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The sight of children wearing ear defenders in school is “insane”, Reform UK’s deputy leader said as he claimed neurodiverse conditions such as ADHD are being overdiagnosed.

Richard Tice, setting out the progress of Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit at a press conference in Westminster on Monday, said that if the “crisis” in the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system is not resolved, there will be “no bins collected”.

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