
Keith Cooper
@KeithCooper1973
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Freelance journalist, writer, and researcher.
Joined March 2011
“A professional going to see my son told me they saw a child being carried by staff like a table through the playground,” one parent, who had a child at school until last year, told The i Paper.
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Witherslack Group is under more pressure after a local council withdrew children from one of its private special schools
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A group of leaseholders impacted by the building safety crisis brought their own hats to meet with Steve Reed #MakeHomesSafeAgain
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Pupils pulled out of Abu Dhabi owned UK private special school over safety concerns. Parent likens behaviour there to 'The Lord of the Flies' as another @WitherslackGrp school is investigated over @theipaper revelations.Big @keithcooper1973 exclusive
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Witherslack Group is under more pressure after a local council withdrew children from one of its private special schools
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Erin Pizzey is in end-of-life care. She is a devout Christian, so prayers are appreciated at this time 🙏 ✝️
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Build baby build is not a housing strategy Bit by me for the Spectator: https://t.co/1O9CZsoT2v
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Ministers’ controversial plans to overhaul SEND in schools are on course for failure without “significant” extra funding, an education leader from a scheme that inspired the rethink is warning. @theipaper @connie_dimsdale exclusive
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Council official overseeing the local strategy that inspired Bridget Phillipson’s plans says 'enormous' extra investment is needed for a successful national rollout
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After last week, ministers should know this: a huge rebellion is coming if they mess with SEND and we will fight for our children’s rights - spot-on by @johnharris1969
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From mooted Whitehall cost-cutting to the bigoted views of Reform, parents of children with special needs see the latest threats, and we are mobilising, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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BREAKING from @Victoria_Spratt Labour peer Lord Alli evicted a family with young children from their home in north London in a move that would be outlawed from next year under his party's Renters' Rights Bill https://t.co/fIQKcD9WSr
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The Labour peer's eviction of a family with young children from their home in north London would be outlawed from next year under his party's Renters' Rights Bill
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Surrey LA wanted to send our child here. Having viewed it we got all the wrong vibes and now it's revealed they are assaulting vulnerable SEN children who already have trauma issues. Always trust your parental instinct. https://t.co/P5OU5L6Umj
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» Pupils claim they watched frightened classmates scream while being restrained at £100,000-a-year school Vulnerable children have been left with “terrible” injuries and trauma because of their...
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🧵'They were forcefully held down. And they were screaming and kicking... 'It’s scary witnessing. They screamed that it was hurting them and the adults still didn’t loosen their grip on them…. I’m worried for anyone still there'
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“Daily restraint. Head slammed to the floor.” Mother demands closure of taxpayer-funded special school run by Abu Dhabi-owned Witherslack Group. https://t.co/m3eVChls8O
@KeithCooper1973 @willstewartnews @theipaper
#AgainstRestraint
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Vulnerable children have been left with “terrible” injuries and trauma because of their treatment by staff at a taxpayer-funded private special school, The i Paper has been told 🔴 @KeithCooper1973 reports https://t.co/uMD2UcwvPd
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Exclusive: former tenants of landlord homelessness minister say they were told their home was being sold just 8 months after moving in. It was then relisted for £700 more per month. Agents acting for minister also tried to charge £2,000 for repainting https://t.co/J2DLBQrF8T
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Rushanara Ali, who has spoken out against 'unreasonable rent increases', relisted her four-bedroom townhouse in east London for £4,000 a month
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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, The i Paper can reveal https://t.co/ibaREQY1qK
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£117.6m was spent by @HomesEngland - the agency at the heart of Labour's new housing plan - on a failed IT project, @theipaper can reveal. The money could have been enough to deliver as many as 3,360 affordable homes. Big @KeithCooper1973 exclusive
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Angela Rayner's officials step in after agency at heart of Labour's housing plan apologises for 'failings' in digital scheme that could have paid for as many as 3,360 new homes
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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:
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Angela Rayner's officials step in after agency at heart of Labour's housing plan apologises for 'failings' in digital scheme that could have paid for as many as 3,360 new homes
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Labour set to preside over England’s biggest right to buy council housing sell off in decades, jeopardising ministers’ promise of extra affordable homes. @theipaper @KeithCooper1973 exclusive reveals impact of @RachelReevesMP suddenly slashing discounts
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Mass sell-off - triggered by Reeves ending discounts could cancel out her promise of extra affordable homes, experts have claimed
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"A fundamental shift is needed in how we care for vulnerable, disabled, and neurodivergent people. Instead of convenience and compliance, the default must be connection. Trust, not threats. The goal is dignity and respect, not long-lasting damage." https://t.co/Zk9slFMRJs
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My child was violated.
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Ministers have promised the nation a wave of "beautiful" new towns. But housing experts say the reality will be “ugly” but pricey “samey boxes” with small squat windows & gloomy bedrooms. V interesting but depressing @theipaper @KeithCooper1973 must read
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Ministers pledged 'beautiful' developments. But architects, builders and housing experts expect template 'boxes' with small 'squat' windows and gloomy bedrooms
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Why Labour’s new towns will be full of ‘ugly’ but expensive homes @KeithCooper1973 reports https://t.co/Mp2bUHN4M0
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Ministers pledged 'beautiful' developments. But architects, builders and housing experts expect template 'boxes' with small 'squat' windows and gloomy bedrooms
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