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SEND

Call to write-off SEND deficits with councils on a 'cliff edge'

By Lee Peart 18 June 2025

Councils have called on the Government to write off a projected £5bn SEND deficit as MPs have warned that local authorities face a financial cliff edge.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Social care commission shelves cross-party talks

By Lee Peart 17 June 2025

Leader of the Government’s social care review of social care, Baroness Casey, has shelved plans for cross-party talks, it has been reported.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

'Watershed moment' as region joins Get Britain Working programme

By Lee Peart 09 June 2025

A £37m plan to get back people back with health or disability conditions has been hailed as a ‘watershed moment’.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SEND system in urgent need of reform, says LGA

By Lee Peart 09 June 2025

A new report by the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for urgent reform of SEND services.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

'Burning platform' warning on early years' services

By Lee Peart 04 June 2025

Early years’ services are on a ‘burning platform’ with UK outcomes among the ‘worst in the civilized world’, a leader has warned.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Complex needs failure driving 'very high cost' placements, says LGA

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Failure to support children and young people with complex needs is driving an escalation in ‘very high cost’ placements, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.

MENTAL HEALTH

Around 300,000 children to benefit from £9.5m neurodiversity support

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Around 300,000 primary school children are to benefit from earlier and better neurodiversity support following the extension of a Government programme.

MENTAL HEALTH

Complex needs failure driving 'very high cost' placements, says LGA

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Failure to support children and young people with complex needs is driving an escalation in ‘very high cost’ placements, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT