Jane Harris

So so so happy to have been part of this campaign to keep streets safe and healthy and not waste £2.5m of public funds ripping out a popular LTN. Thank you to everyone who has given their time and money to make this happen.

Skip to 2:19:30 to hear @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Today show.
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Lots of us are worried today about SEND budgets. But here’s something we made earlier: proof that you can make £8bn of savings over children’s lives IF you give them the right support👇

Budget fails to fix SEND crisis without proper investment in speech and language

“Simply moving SEND spending to central government without considering speech and language is like trying to fill a leaky bucket.” -@janeharrislondon.bsky.social

Read our full response to today's #Budget announcement:
https://bit.ly/3Kkwoxr

London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

🚗 BREAKING: Largest study yet shows LTNs prevent 600+ road injuries across London, including 100 deaths/serious injuries - with no displacement to main roads.

Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives.

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🐴 Police horses calmly sharing the road with cars in the Bethnal Green LTN. This is what 'liveable streets' means - calm, safe and shared spaces where everyone can coexist. From children walking to school to mounted police patrols.

This is what we're fighting to keep.

Looking forward to this on Wednesday!

💚 Inspiring talk at Brick Lane Mosque from Dr. Rachel Bower
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.

Thank you, Helen of 'Epping for Everyone' for providing a side of the story that our media has ignored because there are no clicks in it.

It sounds absolutely horrific and yet you would barely know there was a resident who wasn't fully in support of Reform UK and the flag-shaggers.

#politicslive

Person from this group #epping4everyone was excellent on #PoliticsLive today, giving voice to people currently being silenced, including asylum seekers and also local kids fearful of the protests. So refreshing to hear.

Pupils with ‘lower-level’ special needs may lose one-to-one support In a bid to cut the cost of the special needs bill, Labour is considering the change for children with conditions such as dyslexia and some types of autism

“You can’t change a child’s disability or stop them needing support to learn, by deciding they will no longer receive help.” @janeharrislondon.bsky.social

We're glad to hear that the Department for Education agree there is no such thing as ‘low-level special educational needs’.

Parents supported to navigate early years misinformation online Government kicks off a new national campaign to help parents cut through the bombardment of sometimes unreliable advice and false expectations online.

Great to see Government doing more to explain how important speech and language skills are for children – we look forward to seeing how many families are reached by this campaign and what the impact is 🙌

www.gov.uk/government/n...

It's crucial that the Government gets the schools white paper right. We need more thinking around solutions for children with different types of speech and language challenges so every child can thrive.

Share our alternative white paper with your MP⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ

Speech and Language UK responds to DfE Minister Bridget Phillipson’s decision to delay Schools White Paper

“Through focusing on speech, language and communication skills, Government has the chance to deliver change for both children growing up in poverty and those with special educational needs."

Read our response to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's decision to delay the schools white paper🔽 bit.ly/49gKVEt

⚠️ 1 in 4 children with SEND face challenges with talking and understanding words. Too often, they don’t get the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.

📩 We need your help! Will you tell your MP to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard? https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO

Thank you so so much to Izzy Judd for talking publicly about being a parent to a kid with PDA. These kids’ parents are some of the hardest-working in the country and need empathy, not judgement. 👏👏👏

@janeharrislondon.bsky.social features on the @ippr.org 'Talking Inclusion' podcast – listen now! >> apple.co/470BNlL

Our alternative white paper helps Govt understand how to get SEND reform right for the 2M children with speech and language challenges. Help us spread the word📧
bit.ly/3KJ2CSO

Call for more mainstream speech and language units Charity produces alternative White Paper seeking national availability of resourced provision and access to speech and language therapists for all schools

“Imagine a future where every child feels understood at school, excited for lessons and confident they belong. That future is within reach if government hardwires speech, language and communication into SEND reform."

Share our alternative white paper with your MP today⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ

Eight things we loved and one thing that’s missing from the Education Select Committee report

From training all teachers to a focus on Ofsted, see what eight things we think the Education Select Committee got right in their new 'Solving the SEND crisis' report... and the key thing they missed💡👇
speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...

#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce

Two notable shifts in position by London’s political leaders last night.
1) Sadiq Khan, following pressure from the Green’s Zack Polanski, describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” for first time.
2) London Tory leader Susan Hall denying the Tommy Robinson march had a far-right element.

@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today!

Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.

It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.

Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.

Up bright and early to talk to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about disabled and neurodivergent children just wanting the ordinary things in life: a place to learn that feels safe where they can make friends.

Maybe James Graham could write a great play about Angela Rayner and cheer us all up?

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Newspaper headline. Text reads "Reform UK's deputy leader claims parents are 'using and abusing' free taxis for SEND children and warns 'unsustainable' spending will bankrupt local councils"

We are unaware of any evidence at all that backs up Richard Tice’s random assertion. Nor are we aware of Reform having a policy on special educational needs and disabilities.

I’m a secondary school teacher: We need more Send provision, not less Jeremy Hunt’s eye on the special needs budget is short-term when schooling prepares children for their working future, writes teacher Charlotte Harrison. We need to support students even further to le...

"Support, in whatever form it may come, is an investment. As a society, we need to support students even further to let them thrive – and remember that we benefit from their thriving." www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...

Children with speech and language challenges and their families just want the ordinary things that everyone should expect.

Getting the SEND reforms right would be transformational for the children at the heart of these reforms.

Join the fight >> disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/fight-for-or...

Textured black background. Text in the centre of the poster reads "FIGHT FOR ORDINARY" in black font with green, lilac and white background. White text below reads "Join the Fight for Ordinary and let's fix the SEND system".

It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.

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#FightForOrdinary

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better