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Labour conference: Concerns raised that new schools lack disabled access

The government is to look into claims that new schools constructed under a major building programme are not being designed with disabled children in mind.

Diana Johnson, schools minister, said she would take up concerns raised at a fringe meeting at the party conference in Brighton.

It has been suggested that a number of schools constructed under the Building Schools for the Future programme have not been designed as well as they could be to cater for children with special needs.

Issues raised range from poor acoustics for the hearing impaired through to a lack of provision for physiotherapy and speech therapy services.

Johnson said: "We have had a meeting with an organisation concerned about the acoustic quality and we are having ongoing discussions.

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