SCT president Rob Powell: solving the SEND deficit crisis and finding local government’s purpose

In a wide-ranging interview, Rob Powell discusses the key challenges and opportunities facing local government – from the ‘flawed’ SEND statutory override to the advantages of fiscal devolution – and why it is a good year to be Society of County Treasurers president.

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The statutory override on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spending “should never have been introduced, and nothing like it should ever exist again”.

SCT president Rob Powell: solving the SEND deficit crisis and finding local government’s purpose

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