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Labour's leaked SEND overhaul reviews legal rights for every child at school transitions, rationing support to control costs despite rights-expansion claims. This caps bipartisan neglect of vulnerable pupils.
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Statutory overrides hid £18bn Send debts since 2014; Labour delays reckoning as costs threaten surpluses and school budgets. Systemic deferral across parties erodes public services.
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England's £2.3bn annual school transport bill exposes absent local SEND provision, with councils proposing semantic fixes over capacity building. Taxpayers fund isolation taxis amid cross-party planning failures.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has declared itself "technically insolvent" due to special educational needs and disability (SEND) costs. The council faces a £171 million shortfall by March 2026. This isn't a future risk—it's a present reality masked by accounting tricks.