{"id":240046,"date":"2023-11-01T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240046"},"modified":"2023-11-01T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:17:37","slug":"i-got-800-free-cash-after-council-blunder-left-me-feeling-distressed-how-to-take-officials-on-and-win-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/i-got-800-free-cash-after-council-blunder-left-me-feeling-distressed-how-to-take-officials-on-and-win-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I got \u00a3800 free cash after council blunder left me feeling distressed \u2013 how to take officials on and win | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM got \u00a3800 free cash after a council blunder left her feeling distressed.<\/p>\n
The North London woman, who has been named Mrs X, claims her daughter's school attendance dramatically dropped after local officials failed to help with mental health support.<\/p>\n
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The schoolgirl, known only as "D", was supposed to have an education, health, and care plan (EHCP) provided by Harrow Council (HC).<\/p>\n
In the plan, it should set out what D's school would need to do to ensure her special needs requirements are met.<\/p>\n
A report found that the local authority's failure to carry out the legal requirement meant both mother and daughter suffered "distress and frustration".<\/p>\n
Mrs X told investigators she was forced to take time off work to care for her "distraught child" and chase HC at the same time.<\/p>\n
The EHCP was issued in August last year but by September Mrs X raised her concerns about the school supplying appropriate provisions.<\/p>\n Problems involved D not being given handouts with larger fonts, colourful paper and pre-teaching materials.<\/p>\n HC told Mrs X they would follow up her doubts with the school before a "service failure" was quickly deemed.<\/p>\n The LGO inspector found that the council had failed to provide the ECHP in full.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Findings resulted in Mrs X being paid \u00a3800 for the "remedy the injustice caused".<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Harrow Council said: \u201cWe are sorry for the distress caused to the individual and her family and accept the decision of the LGO. <\/p>\n "We are committed to working closely with the family to ensure the needs of our young residents are met.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/picture>SAVVY SAVINGS <\/span><\/p>\n
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