Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including me, are going to “bankrupt” councils across the country. Spending on home-to-school transport is on course to cost £2bn a year – and, according to Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, it’s partly because parents are too lazy to drop off their own kids, and are “using and abusing” the system. Rest assured, his party is going to be “digging into” the problem.
As someone who’s been mired in this world for much of the past decade – my child has autism and associated mental health issues – this isn’t the first time such claims have been made.
