The Missing Economist

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@CaptainK77 That is funny. And then I remember it's actually true, we all paid for it and, worse, it's testament to nae fucker in DfE having at least a narrative sense of what educating disabled and different kids is about.... Gah.

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@CaptainK77 @bennewmark @TomRees_77 What a fantastic paper. Thank you for linking it. There's a now out-of-fashion branch of economics that seeks to remind us that it's a discipline about happiness. Welfare or utility is how the textbooks often start.

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@marybusk @CaptainK77 @bennewmark @TomRees_77 I don't want to be Mrs Miserable, but not hopeful. I thought the @CommonsEd SEND report was pretty bang on. But @educationgovuk wrote the Green Paper as if they hadn't read it, let alone paid any heed.

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@CaptainK77 Do I cry or laugh at this bit? Does anyone want to take a bet they've suggested dividing one by the other?

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@CaptainK77 I'd be disappointed if a summer student knocked this up. It's a brain dump by people with a vague familiarity with the send system but no grasp of what value for money might be about. Or what public spending aggregates are. £1.5million.

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@jk_rowling I have a disabled female relative that has a government arranged volunteer/work role. They changed the rules, and allowed males who (some of them ex convicts) to work along side them because of 'diversity'. She was raped three times before anyone found out.

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@simonpenum123 @MrHreviews This is horseshit. Black women die in childbirth 5 times more than white women. Black people are failed by the police (like all women are). Racism affects pay, schooling, justice. The rainbow people don't know they're born.

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@penngirl72 @11Killua11 @candy_rain76 @ZeldaTheChicken @michaelianblack

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What would a financially sustainable SEND system look like? Get the kids to sew mail bags at break? Could I see the workings for value for money for mainstream and SEND? Or is this assertion, er.... made up?

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#sendreview para 23: 'the system has become financially unsustainable, with investment being outstripped by spending'. Lads, investment is capital, which by definition is part of spending. I wonder what you're trying to say?

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@Rebecca49294469 This is horrendous. The trauma for him is unimaginable. He'll be so stressed, his 'behaviour' will be more troubled - why are these people so stupid?

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@LBC This poor child. I can't get over it. Her mother rang to tell them that she was autistic. Is no one decent there? How would no one be looking out for a vulnerable kid?

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@GallagherFran2 @FollowingFX @Procure4Health Hardly any of their staff have any decent qualifications or experience according to their website. If several brilliant SALTs, Ed psychs and OTs were involved, rather than holistic therapists and afterschool club managers, maybe the cost would make sense.

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@Djon_Ma @rhiannonlucyc @BBCRadio4 Proof?

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@StarlightMcKenz @stevenmwright @hackerhowroyd @MartinBarrow Well worth a look through the team page to judge if that money might have been better spent, say, recruiting permanent members of staff directly at Bradford Council. Who could support children year round.

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@StarlightMcKenz @stevenmwright @hackerhowroyd @MartinBarrow The CIC's accounts for last year have 2 employees and a small loss. Now they have approx 25 employees according to the website and seemingly about the same volunteer headcount.

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@StarlightMcKenz @stevenmwright @hackerhowroyd @MartinBarrow This is very disappointing. A quick look at their website reveals very few qualifications amongst the permanent staff and an extraordinary amount of volunteers.

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@TammyPalmerLD @MShipworth @JoshDixonTweets @HaringeyLibDems Thanks Tammy. I really wish the wider Lib Dems could go sensible on this. I know politicians at all levels think it won't drive votes, but it is maddening to feel like legitimate safeguarding concerns make you a bigot.