The report has been written by Labour backbenchers Tom Clarke and JoanHumble following a trio of public hearings in the summer. It calls foradditional funding for services to be linked to a "core offer" orminimum standards that all disabled children will be entitled to.
Speaking at the report's launch, Treasury secretary Ed Balls pledged togive serious consideration to its recommendations. He said politics hadtaught him expectations were rarely met, but that he was "not short ofpolitical courage" to get families a better deal.
- See Analysis, p10.
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