I have published over 100 family testimonies of lawbreaking, lying and gaslighting by Surrey County Council which is wrecking children’s lives and I delivered to the Education Secretary with parents and @alpinkerton.bsky.social 3/3

This only happened because parents had the courage to speak out (reported by ITV), now followed by headteachers too. 2/3

They are seeing the council issuing poor quality EHCPs resulting in children receiving inadequate support, which can push some children into mental health crises with the most devastating consequences. 2/2

Today I asked the Chancellor to commit to fund children’s mental health services and the Department for Education properly to end the SEND crisis in this country and that, if she did, I could go back to Jen’s mum and tell her that her daughter’s death had not been in vain. 2/2

I spoke about how frequent water outages impacted residents in Box Hill on BBC Radio Surrey last Friday. 2/2

The OBR pointed out that the government hasn’t shown where the money will come from so maintain that cuts are a risk.

UK Power Networks told me they fixed a power fault in August and are monitoring the situation. The interim water pump is also now remotely resettable, which should stop extended water outages now. This is great news, and I’ll keep a close eye on this to make sure it happens.

Instead the government has put businesses in my constituency out of business through tax rises. My speech in the budget debate 2/2

The Chancellor needs to consider more long-term solutions going forward to turn things around. I spoke about this on BBC Politics South East this weekend. 2/2

This follows similar concerns over SEND governance raised by the (then) Chair of the Children’s Select Committee at Surrey County Council Fiona Davidson with the Education Secretary.