New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children

Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in England

Keir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor Sally Phillips and a cross-party group of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs.

The group Save Our Children's Rights claims the prime minister is considering taking our legal rights away" as part of the government's overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in the forthcoming schools white paper for England.