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[UNISON Leicester City @UNISONLeicCity]

PRESS RELEASE: Opposition to Council’s proposed cuts to SEND funding grows, as school staff stage public protest
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[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Come to the lobby of Leicester City Council on Thursday November 2: https://t.co/DAiPslWt0y

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Campaigners have vowed to “fight tooth and nail” to save funding for a residential programme at a Leicester special needs school. City councillors had previously approved plans to remove the funding as it tightened finances on education. #SaveAshFieldResi
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[UNISON Leicester City @UNISONLeicCity]

City councillors ‘call in’ decision to withdraw funding for special school residential scheme:

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[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

“We will continue to fight tooth and nail to retain this funding. Our communities are at breaking point and we cannot afford to let the city council go ahead with this latest savage cut.”

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[Penny lcfc 💙 @Pennypitstop72]

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Brilliant letter by a former Ash Field Academy student in today's #Leicester Mercury

“The very idea that this should close is quite frankly outrageous! The closure of the residential department would be catastrophic for pupils their parent & carers."

#SaveAshFieldResi #soulslby

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

A photo from the #AshFieldAcademy picket lines this morning. We are fighting for fair pay for support staff, but we are also fighting #Leicester City Council's plans to withdraw funding from our vitally needed residential department. Solidarity! #AshFieldStrikes #SaveAshFieldResi

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Thank you so much for this powerful message of support sent to this page by a former student at Ash Field Academy’s residential department. #SaveAshFieldResi #AshFieldResi #AshFieldAcademy #LeicesterSEND #SEND #LeicesterCityCouncil #EllyCutkelvin #PeterSoulsby

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Thanks so much to Christine for allowing us to share this powerful message of support! #SaveAshFieldResi #PeterSoulsby #EllyCutkelvin

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

@CityMayorLeic. While it may be politically convenient for you to delay making a decision about #AshFieldResi until after the elections, there is nothing convenient about your proposal for the disabled children using the service. We are not going away! #SaveAshFieldResi

[Penny lcfc 💙 @Pennypitstop72]

They have my support and important also to remind @Leicester_News we haven’t gone away, young people anxiously await an answer #SaveAshFieldResi @SaveAFResi #leicester #LCC #LeicesterMayor #LocalElections2023

[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Solidarity to the National Education Union in their fight for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise to secure the future of education. #NEU #NEUStrike #Leicester

[Penny lcfc 💙 @Pennypitstop72]

@BBCLeicester My question wasn’t asked. I thought Rita Steve and Mags answered well. Peter needs to remember quite a few young people at Ash field academy will be voting for the first time next week. My son has engaged with politics thanks to @SaveAFResi #SaveAshFieldResi

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As it turns out, the local Labour leadership were so scared of losing a vote on the future of Ash Field Academy's residential department that they refused to allow one to take place. Really shocking! #AshFieldAcademy

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This letter, written by the now independent council candidate Gary O'Donnell and supporter of our campaign, gives some insight into what was going on behind the scenes in the local Labour Party over the last few months. #SaveAshFieldResi

[Penny lcfc 💙 @Pennypitstop72]

Positive morning supporting #JuniorDoctorsStrikes #Leicester #LRI thanks for supporting #SaveAshFieldResi much appreciated @SaveAFResi #PayRestorationNow

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Some fantastic solidarity on the #JuniorDoctorsStrike picket line at the #LRI this morning. Many of the children who use the residential dept at Ash Field depend upon these professionals. We support their demand for better pay. Great to hear that they supported us as well.

[Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @AndreaEganGS]

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[Save Ash Field Resi @SaveAFResi]

Leicester and District Trades Council has written a statement to identify council candidates standing in the #May4 elections who will stand alongside trade unions & community campaigns to fight back against *all* cuts, including those at #AshFieldAcademy. https://t.co/3ncpxjXedW