extract from the 'Coventry Evening Telegraph'
"PARENTS and children protesting over planned cuts at a special school have handed in a 1,400-name petition to the council. They say proposals to axe residential care at the Corley Centre for special needs will harm children’s development.
Coventry City Council’s Labour leaders, faced with massive 27 per cent government funding cuts, say overnight stays are not a necessary part of the pupils’ education, as they have not been written into their “statements” of need.But angry parents have accused the council of deliberately omitting from statements the residential care children receive – to avoid its legal obligations as a precursor for cuts.
Socialist Party councillor Dave Nellist said: “I know the government is cutting funding to councils but the Labour council in Coventry is getting a reputation for passing on those cuts with no resistance.They keep saying the coalition is cutting too deep and fast. Here’s another example of how they could use a £6million budget underspend to hold the line and help families.”
Read the whole of the article from the 'Coventry EveningTelegraph' at
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2011/10/26/protesters-hand-in-petition-against-closure-of-corley-special-school-92746-29663506/2/#ixzz1dP1k6efg
