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SEND crisis: ‘uncertainty’ hangs over deficits, says ALATS president

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Concerns remain over the funding of high-needs deficits in the medium term, warns Lorna Baxter, president of the Association of Local Authority Treasurers (ALATS).

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The government’s pledge to cover 90% of high-needs deficits accumulated to the end of 2025/26 was greeted with relief by councils struggling to cope

Room151 uncovers an ‘unusual’ legal process and changing dynamics in the political landscape that once again leave s151s picking up the financial pieces.

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