It is deeply worrying that Labour MPs reportedly received instructions to tell the Education Secretary there was ‘relief’ from parents about the government’s SEND reforms.

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Parliament returns this week after an Easter break which didn’t provide much respite from a crazy political atmosphere. The twists and turns of the news cycle are relentless, and I am sure I am not alone in fearing the ratchetting up of Trump’s rhetoric to previously unthinkable levels for a US President. But away from international affairs, I spent the Easter break back in South Devon, taking time meeting local businesses, visiting schools and talking with constituents. Amon

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𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬.