# MP to highlight girl’s tragic story to urge parents to report councils to police over special needs failures

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mp-to-highlight-girls-tragic-story-to-urge-parents-to-report-councils-to-police-over-special-needs-failures/
- Published: 2026-11-03T18:09:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T18:36:25+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/special-needs-send-councils-police-eivie-white-b3078352.html
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Chris Coghlan will raise Eivie White’s case in PMQs.
- He cites 1,253 family accounts across 134 councils.
- Campaigners are considering a police report over Eivie’s case.

## Summary

Lib Dem MP Chris Coghlan plans to raise 13-year-old Eivie White’s case at Prime Minister’s Questions, arguing that families whose children with special educational needs have been failed by councils should report possible criminal misconduct to police. He says the case points to wider problems with local authority support and comes as the government considers changes to legal protections for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Coghlan has collected 1,253 family testimonies concerning 134 councils, including accounts linked to 205 suicide attempts: 200 by children and five by parents. Eivie, who had severe autism, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder, died in March 2023 after her family said Kent County Council and her secondary school did not provide the support she needed; the council had opposed a move to a specialist school. Her family also faced a four-month wait to move home after her death, and campaigners are considering whether the case can be reported to police.

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