Daily Archives: 26/11/2011

‘Free’ special schools go-ahead is ‘disaster’, say campaigners

26/11/2011 – 9:00 am

The decision by the government to give the go-ahead for the first three special schools to be set up under its “free schools” programme has caused anger and dismay among campaigners for inclusive education.
Education secretary Michael Gove announced this week that he had approved the opening of special free schools in September 2012 in Southampton, [...]

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Peers debate key DLA reforms: Government rejects test pilot plea

26/11/2011 – 9:00 am

A disabled peer has failed to persuade the government to postpone the re-assessment of existing disability living allowance (DLA) claimants until it has piloted the new testing regime.
Baroness [Jane] Campbell called on the government to order a year-long trial of how the assessment process works for new claimants of its proposed personal independence payment (PIP) [...]

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