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‘Utter abandonment’ of special needs families during lockdown

Families of children with special educational needs have felt “utterly abandoned” during school closures, an MPs’ committee has been told.

Witnesses told the education committee those with extra educational, physical or emotional needs had seen support “fall off a cliff” amid lockdown.

 

Read more in BBC News