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Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
POLICY AND POLITICS

Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms

By Joe Lepper | 05 June 2026

Councils have raised a raft of concerns around the Government’s plans to overhaul the special education needs and disabilities (SEND) system.

EMPLOYMENT

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LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK

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Helping the Local Councils Network’s members and officers to manage the disruption of moving to a...

SIGOMA

Mapping the road ahead

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Mayor of Middlesbrough Chris Cooke says that at a time of political change, SIGOMA’s role as a co...

POLICY AND POLITICS

MPs told ICB restructuring has been a 'fiasco'

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MPs have been told this morning that the reorganisation of Integrated Care Boards (ICB) has been ...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

CCN will ensure councils in county and rural areas remain central

By Simon Edwards | 13 May 2026

'Local government reorganisation may reshape councils, but like political change, it will not alt...

FINANCE

Funding the future: Local government finances, reform and resilience

By Michael Burton | 11 May 2026

Against the backdrop of mounting fiscal pressures, more exceptional financial support requests an...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline

By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026

‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services w...

LEGAL

Southport Inquiry: a damning verdict

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The inquiry into the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young children in 2...

ADCS

'Banging the table for children'

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The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ passionate belief in th...

SEND

Moving SEND mainstream

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026

The Government’s blueprint for reforming the SEND system has landed, but important details are st...

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