Munira Wilson will also call for a national body to help children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The Liberal Democrats will call for free school meals for all children in poverty which will lead to 'better academic progress'. Munira Wilson, the party's education spokesperson, will also call for a national body for special educational needs and disabilities during her keynote speech on Sunday at the party's conference in Brighton.
' The SEND body she will discuss would take responsibility for children with the most complex needs and would pay any costs above a certain threshold so 'the most severely disabled children can have their support paid for centrally'. Addressing current problems, Ms Wilson will say: 'A system where tens of thousands of parents must fight the council in the courts to get the support that is their child's legal right.
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