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EDUCATION
Surrey parents lose SEND budget legal battle
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019
Surrey CC has fended off a legal challenge to its budget for children with special educational ne...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire to transfer education services to company
By Martin Ford | 08 March 2019
Worcestershire CC is expected to give the green light to widen the scope of its children’s servic...
FINANCE
Nottinghamshire to lobby Government on SEND funding
By Martin Ford | 22 February 2019
Nottinghamshire CC is to take ‘significant concerns’ over funding for children with Special Educa...
EDUCATION
Chiefs defend councils' role in SEND provision
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2019
Chief executives have defended councils’ roles in special educational needs and disabilities (SEN...
SOCIAL CARE
Let's move away from these short-term patches to funding
By John O’ Brien | 23 January 2019
The decision in the provisional local government finance settlement to allocate the social care s...
HEALTH
Think-tank: Give councils powers of abolished DWP
By Chris Mahony | 21 January 2019
Councils and their health and education partners should be handed responsibility for supporting ‘...
EDUCATION
Norfolk investment after Ombudsman criticisms
By Naomi Larsson | 16 January 2019
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) today said Norfolk CC ‘failed’ two boys with special educati...
FINANCE
Councils receive £250m 'shot in the arm' for SEND services
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2018
The Government has pledged an extra £250m to councils to spend on services for children with Spec...
FINANCE
SEND 'tidal wave' threatens to overwhelm councils, finance chiefs claim
By Martin Ford | 30 November 2018
Council treasurers have made an urgent plea to ministers to tackle soaring special needs costs.
EDUCATION
Who tells the truth about education spending?
By Michael Burton | 21 November 2018
The old adage ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ is never truer than when it comes to education s...
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