Labour blasted for ramping up defence spending as Send crisis worsens

LABOUR’S welfare cuts are worsening the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (Send), teachers warned today.
At the National Education Union (NEU) annual conference in Harrogate, ministers were blasted for ramping up defence spending while refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Camden delegate Alyson Dermody-Palmer asked: “Why are they funding arms and increased defence spending but not supporting the most vulnerable in our communities?”
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