Kent County Council offers a SEND service that is a navel-gazing, child-failing, parent-shaming mess
Today, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission published their findings from a revisit to the…
Charlotte Cornell Labour Party Campaigner
Short Articles and Comment
Manston is a Government Failure of Epic Proportions – Here’s What Went Wrong
The government’s failure at Manston is a failure of massive proportions. It is a failure…
Mothers and Babies in East Kent Need to Know They are Safe – My Response to the Kirkup Report
Yesterday saw the publication of a stark and upsetting report into the care provided to women and babies at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust. It makes for hard reading, especially for local people – many of whom have experienced care within trust’s hospitals or know relatives who have.…
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How the Government’s Financial Failures are Hurting East Kent
The Conservatives have lost control of the economy this autumn. The party of so-called “sensible, steady, tested-ages-old-financial-prudence” gave up the pretence at competence and steered the Great British economy headlong into a wall. For those of us living in East Kent, the media headlines are hitting right now, but it…
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Charlotte discussing Kent Traffic Chaos on BBC One
Charlotte joined Julia James, Roger Gough (Con, Kent County Council) and Stephen James (Con, Folkestone) in the studio on 12th June 2022.
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Kent County Council’s Shaming & Failing of SEND Parents is an Outrage
Recently, Mark Walker, the Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) director for Kent County Council decided to indulge some poorly-considered parent-shaming. I’m calling it out for what it is: pure, unadulterated parent shaming. Mr Walker decided to shame and blame the parents of Special Education Needs children for the his…
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Charlotte discusses the Cost of Living Crisis – Sunday Politics
Charlotte was on Sunday Politics on BBC One at the weekend discussing small boats, the Cost of Living Crisis and the failing Johnson administration. Catch up on a small clip here.
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Boost Kent’s future NOW – My year putting jabs in arms!
As some of you know, I’ve been working as a volunteer vaccinator for nearly a year now. Month-in, month-out, I’ve been part of that massive army of volunteers putting jabs in arms; perhaps I’ve even given you your vaccine if you’ve been lucky enough to visit the vaccine centres at…
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My Contribution to The Big Issue’s Article – ‘Death of the High Street’
It was my pleasure to contribute to this important piece on Dover, her High Street and the struggles faced by many people here. It was all covered by The Big Issue. Watch the video above and read the full article by clicking on the button below.
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Charlotte’s Initiative Gives 500 Laptops to Local Families in Thanet, Dover & Canterbury
Before the second lockdown, I was thinking about how many of my friends just didn’t…