In this new austerity moment, a fight is on: for the rights of children with special educational needs | John Harris

Autumn, it seems, will begin on Tuesday, with a set-piece speech by Keir Starmer. The sunny anthem that serenaded New Labour to power has been frostily remixed: “Things will get worse before we get better,” he will reportedly warn, while he serves notice of “tough choices” and “unpopular decisions”. To no one’s great surprise, he and Rachel Reeves will clearly be sticking to their promised parsimony. In the departments where…