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Conrad Hall: join me in opposing the extension of the Great Accounting Wheeze

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A consultation to extend the statutory override related to SEND spending – the Great Accounting Wheeze – is likely to be launched. Anyone with a ‘role representing proper public finance’ has a duty to call the wheeze out, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham Conrad Hall.

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