Government with lessons to learn: special needs education

Lingering recession-era cutbacks mean that, when a teacher is absent, children with special needs often lose out, writes Michael Clifford.

You will search long and hard to find a lobby group which will admit that those it represents have it good. After all, the whole purpose of lobbying is to get a better deal. Therefore, any survey undertaken by a lobby group among its members should come with a health warning.