The Govt are continuously letting our children down

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Responding to new official figures showing that 1.7 million pupils were persistently absent from school in Autumn 2022, driven mainly by high levels of illness, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:

“The Conservative Government is letting our children down badly. After all the disruption of Covid, far too many children are still missing out on crucial time in the classroom because of illness.

“The Conservatives have plunged the NHS into crisis and chronically underfunded children’s mental health services. Now their failures are taking a big toll not just on children’s health, but their education too.

“The Government must start taking children’s health and wellbeing far more seriously. It’s not just about what happens at school but the barriers stopping so many children making it to school at all.”

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Notes to Editor

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