A Somerset MP has urged the county council to find £2.4m from existing coffers to settle a two-year dispute over SEN funding.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, Conservative MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, told The MJ that the figure was an ‘achievable sum to find’, even during Covid-era finances, ‘to ensure that education services for some of the most vulnerable children are maintained’.
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