SEND funding pledge not ‘open season’ for councils, says MHCLG’s Heslop

The government’s commitment to fully fund special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision will not mean “open season for local government”, according to senior civil servants.

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Ministers were clear that SEND deficits – expected to surge to £14bn by 2028/29, the point at which they will be absorbed into departmental

SEND funding pledge not ‘open season’ for councils, says MHCLG’s Heslop

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