Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

The Government is not ruling out new tax rises after a Labour revolt over welfare reforms blew a £5 billion hole in the Treasury’s spending plans

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the change would give ‘people time away from work to grieve’

Stephen Morgan insisted parents should have ‘absolutely’ no fear that support for children with special needs or disabilities will be scaled back.

The Best Start In Life Strategy was being announced on Monday.

The first tranche of the final report from the long-running public inquiry into the scandal is set to be published on Tuesday.

In total, there were 638,745 EHCPs in place in January 2025, up 10.8% on the same point last year.

The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s proposed welfare reforms.

The Government warned there would be financial consequences to the decision not to reform personal independence payment as planned.

It comes after reports on Friday that French police officers had used knives to puncture a boat off the coast.