Local authorities should refrain from "panic" cuts to services, charities for disabled children have warned. The Council for Disabled Children says some families are seeing "lifeline services" stopped with little warning. Losing services such as a few hours' respite break for parents can have a huge impact on families, it warns.
Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted has said. It said up to 25% of the 1.7m pupils in England with special needs would not be so labelled if schools focused more on teaching for all their children. The National Union of Teachers said such claims were "insulting and wrong"
ALTER has added a speaker on Bank of England Reform to the panel at its fringe on Saturday. Alongside Brian Hodgkinson, economist and author of "A New Model of the Economy", who will be answering 'yes' to the question in the event title "Does the Banking Crisis Strengthen the case for LCT?" will be Ben Dyson, a young Yorkshire-based financial sector entrepreneur who is campaigning on reform of the entire money-creation system. Ben's answer to our question is likely to be "Maybe"!
Local resident Jason Barnett has received an Award as Most Supportive Team Manager at the Surrey Youth Games held earlier this year. Unfortunately, the trophy donated by the Rotary Club of Epsom was not available until recently, so the official presentation was delayed until September 4th.
Wiltshire Liberal Democrats today slammed the Conservative Administration in County Hall over the continued mismanagement of the county's money.
The Mail's online version featured a piece on Saturday 11th September about the debate at Party Conference next Tuesday on "Fairness in a Time of Austerity", which mentions "taxation" and "land values" in the same sentence! As one would expect, they don't approve.
