Unfortunately The i Paper is making several reporters redundant today, and my role is one of them. I'm very proud of the work I've published over the last three years, and I'm looking forward to continuing my reporting freelance. Want to chat? Drop me an email, text or DM.

Witherslack Group is under more pressure after a local council withdrew children from one of its private special schools ➡# Read more: trib.al/tRGIJTM

Angela Rayner’s ministry has had to step in over “wasteful spending” at Homes England after the government housing agency burned through more than £117m on a failed IT project: inews.co.uk/news/politic...

🗣️ If we’re to tackle the housing crisis we must increase the supply of social and affordable homes. Right to Buy reforms will help with this. RTB is the news today, with two different articles 🔗🧵⬇️ @kijcooper1973.bsky.social examines the recent surge in RTB sales 🗞️⬇️ inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Will Labour’s new towns be made up of “ugly” and expensive “samey boxes” or “beautiful communites” as the Government says”? : Find out in this new piece: inews.co.uk/news/labour-... for @theipaper

📢 Emma Dalmayne, CEO of Autistic Inclusive Meets (@aimautistic.bsky.social) and part of the ICARS Team on Sky News with her son Damien. ⚠️ This report discusses mental health & suicide. #MentalHealth #DisabilityRights #AgainstRestraint 🔗 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=SYnm...

EXCLUSIVE from me ✍️ Children in crisis being educated at home because schools can't meet their needs are a high risk of becoming NEET - with huge consequences that last a lifetime. Experts warn of a "lost generation" if gov doesn't act now to support families national.thelead.uk/p/lost-gener...

Children ‘at risk of harm’ in SEND schools charging taxpayer fees of up to £116k: inews.co.uk/news/educati... <- my latest piece for @theipaper

80 children and babies died in so-called “temporary accommodation” last year. Here’s why nobody should be surprised and why this could become the “new normal”: hqnetwork.co.uk/news/the-tem...

Thousands of cheap rental homes could be freed up with a crack down on tenancy fraud: hqnetwork.co.uk/news/opinion... Why doesn’t the Government do it? My lastest comment piece on the housing crisis in England.

Please read this important work that seeks to improve the abusive treatment of powerless young people. Defending the vulnerable was once a basic tenet of great journalism. Let’s return to old-school values and speak up for those cannot

Part 2 from The i Paper: "Pupils traumatised by restraint in schools failed by ‘wishy-washy’ guidance." @kijcooper1973.bsky.social @inews.co.uk inews.co.uk/news/education/pupils-traumatised-by-restraint-in-schools-failed-by-wishy-washy-guidance-3462038

Every child deserves safety, dignity, and care. Restraint and seclusion practices in schools are harming vulnerable disabled children. Read to understand the issue, please share to raise awareness. Together, we can protect our children. #AgainstRestraint @kijcooper1973.bsky.social

A very hard read. Lack of supports in school and Inappropriate environments leading to distressed children being restrained. No doubt distressed staff too - this harms everybody involved. #AgainstRestraint

These children’s stories are appalling. No child should be restrained in ways that cause harm.” – Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza. Read at 👉 inews.co.uk/news/restrai... by @kijcooper1973.bsky.social