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Keith Cooper

@kijcooper1973.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist, writer, and researcher.

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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
SEND pupils far more likely to be shut in isolation rooms, disturbing data reveals inews.co.uk/news/send-pu...
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SEND pupils far more likely to be shut in isolation rooms, disturbing data reveals
At hundreds of secondary schools, children with SEND were 70 per cent more likely than their non-SEND peers to be internally suspended
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Ben Gartside @bengartside.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 17/10/2025
Witherslack Group is under more pressure after a local council withdrew children from one of its private special schools ➡️ Read more: trib.al/tRGIJTM
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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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Housing crisis quango Homes England spent £117m on failed IT project
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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Chartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🗣️ 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...
inews.co.uk
Right to buy surge set to wipe out 18,500 council homes
Mass sell-off - triggered by Reeves ending discounts could cancel out her promise of extra affordable homes, experts have claimed
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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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
inews.co.uk
Why Labour’s new towns will be full of 'ugly' but expensive homes
Ministers pledged 'beautiful' developments. But ​architects, builders and housing experts expect template 'boxes' with small 'squat' windows and gloomy bedrooms
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ICARS - International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion @againstrestraint.com · 15/03/2025
📢 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...
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Increasing pressure for autism mental health services
YouTube video by Sky News
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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...
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"Lost generation" of home-educated children facing uncertain future
Exclusive: Home-educated children have an increased chance of being unemployed or dropping out of education entirely, new research reveals.
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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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
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Children ‘at risk of harm’ in SEND schools charging taxpayer fees of up to £116k
Chaotic behaviour, pupil distress and injured staff found by Ofsted in private SEND schools run by Witherslack, as parents consider legal action over use of restraint
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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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...
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The temporary accommodation tragedy (again) - HQN
With depressing predictability, the number of child deaths linked to temporary accommodation has risen again. Recently released figures reveal that 74 child
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Keith Cooper @kijcooper1973.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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.
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Opinion: The case for a crackdown on tenancy fraud and why housing associations need to up their game - HQN
With supply headed in the wrong direction, what other options do the government have? One part of the answer can be found in some exclusive research for
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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
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ICARS - International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion @againstrestraint.com · 05/01/2025
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
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Pupils traumatised by restraint in schools failed by 'wishy washy' guidance
Campaigners have 'lost faith' with DfE after revised teacher guidelines are hit by years of delay, false starts and a suggestion that restraint in schools is 'rare'
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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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
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ICARS - International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion @againstrestraint.com · 03/01/2025
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
"Quote graphic with a black background featuring bold white text and orange accents. The quote reads: 'These children’s stories are appalling,' and 'No child should be physically restrained for such long periods or in a way that causes them harm.' The attribution is to 'Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza.' Below the quote, a smaller caption cites the source: 'How restraint in schools is traumatising children with SEND and injuring teachers.' i Paper, January 3rd, 2024. The ICARS logo appears in the bottom-left corner, and the i Paper logo is on the bottom-right."
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