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After that Titantic performance, I am on the icebergs side #Strictly

Small world! I think we will do well to get to day 5 of any test if England bat like they have been. Sadly.

So do I. 😢

Well deserved. So pleased he’s done it. Just hope it’s not the high point of the series.

Short on time? Here's a quick, visual version:

Why we haven’t suspended or excluded a student for seven years An assistant headteacher explains the practical ways in which her school has implemented a policy of not removing young people from school

‘Belonging, not banishment, changes outcomes.'

An assistant headteacher outlines how her school has avoided issuing a single suspension or exclusion for seven years

Whether schools are/should be the places to take on all this responsibility and how much cuts to other services have impacted and what should be done to improve health and social care for children which would help schools to focus on the education of children.

As the parent of a child with severe learning disabilities, I can’t agree with the idea of rationing EHCPs but I think that there ought to be some attempts by politicians (local & MPs) to understand how much schools are now being asked to do and with limited resources (money but also trained staff)

The work you are doing on highlighting the extreme injustice of the #singlejusticeprocedure is so important. Thank you.

Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill Ailing pensioners, people with mental health struggles, grieving families and children have all been caught up in the Single Justice Procedure scandal

A pensioner with dementia gets a criminal conviction over an unpaid TV Licence

This one is pretty heartbreaking

The #SingleJusticeProcedure is broken

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The failure to lift the overall benefit cap means that for many of the poorest families (unless already exempt) they will see NO increase to UC as a result of today's announcement regarding the removal of the two child policy. As previously ranted about - probably both here and elsewhere.

They are being scrapped though to save money. At least in the employment tribunal anyway.

I assume she’s not saying anything ahead of the proposed bill next year when it will all be announced?

The situation is in desperate need to reform but without significant investment and changes to education, reducing EHCP eligibility will just lead to more children being out of education.

I wonder how many crown court judges will be keen to provide written reasons? And what the government will require those reasons to be.

Exactly. And his stubborn refusal to listen to the experts is astounding me.

Yes me too but I was hoping it was partly due to being in opposition and therefore not having all the facts. This is him setting himself up to be worse at Justice than Grayling (and that’s quite the achievement).

Sometimes I think politicians just dream of a clean, easy fix. But this is so far from that and you have to question his judgement.

It really does feel like it. I presume this feels easier to him than actually funding the justice system but he’s clearly closed his eyes to the real life consequences.

A load of the ones near us have been completely destroyed by the weather. Groups on Facebook making plans to get more flags up. I really want to know who’s paying for all this, cost of the flags and cost of a cherry picker (or similar) to get them on the lamp posts must be costly.

Have you just been nonstop at the kettle? That’s quite the bowling performance since tea!

Please could you make another cup??

We just have rain in Sutton. Sigh.

image shows helen hayes and bridget phillipson on either side of the letter. they're infront of a backdrop of a red colourised houses of parliament

On SNJ Today: The Education Committee's @helenhayes.bsky.social seems a bit sceptical in her reply to Bridget Phillipson's letter that said #SEND changes will be “co-created” Who can blame her—and we're here for it! @tanialt.bsky.social brought the popcorn 👀 🍿
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I really hope you see them! I hope it finds a new purpose.

Have looked into it online and it appears it’s either being refurbished or owned by someone who is wealthy enough to open it when they want (mainly for private functions). Either way it’s sad. Was a lovely venue.

Wow. I just remember it opening as Ieft university. It was quite an excitement at the time as a new place. Sad that it’s gone. Sadder that nothing has replaced it.

An insider has claimed that long-promised changes to the SEND system, now due in early 2026, are "going around in circles" trib.al/GMQtUA1

Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.

How times change.