News · 4 June 2026
Education Department proposes tech funding cuts for 88,000 disabled students.
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Students with disabilities in England could lose funding for vital tech support, which campaigners say risks making the achievement gap wider. The Education Department plans to stop paying for specialist software, arguing that free and common tools are now sufficient for most needs. Nearly 10,000 individuals have affixed their names to a petition condemning these cuts, which are directed at services that assisted more than 88,000 students during the past year.
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