An MP will use his question in PMQs on Wednesday to call for families of children with special needs who have been let down by the local councils to report them to the police for criminal misconduct.

Lib Dem Dorking and Horley MP Chris Coghlan will raise the specific case of 13-year-old Eivie White from Maidstone , in Kent, who took her own life in part because of failures by her local authority.

He has collated 1,253 testimonies of families of SEND children covering 134 different councils who have been failed by the authorities amid growing concerns over the government’s plans to reform special educational needs.

The MP has warned of a “suicide epidemic” among failed children with the 1,253 cases involving 205 suicide attempts - 200 by children five by parents.

Eivie White took her own life in 2023 (Shelley White)

He plans to raise Eivie’s case on Wednesday when he has a question to Andy Burnham in PMQs.

Mr Coghlan has warned that councils have “weaponised” the tribunal system to prevent parents from…