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MPs warn SEND system is failing children
‘Too many families struggle to get the help their children desperately need.’
Children
The government must invest in the early years if it wants to ‘level up’
'Without the required investment in services for under-5s and their families, inequalities will continue to open up from the start'
School leaders say government has ‘prioritised purse strings over nation’s children’
The government has pledged less than a tenth of the cash that the former schools catch-up tsar had requested.
The state of child social care is a scandal – I know from experience
Can the government's new review of the children's social care system fix it?
‘Cold, hungry kids with shoes held together with tape’ – Teachers report “dickensian” winter poverty
A poll has found poverty has got worse in the last three years
Parental Leave: Major employers agree to publish policies in bid to tackle gender inequality
Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson is pushing for all companies with more than 250 employees to make parental leave and pay details public.