The Government's bail out of Special Educational Need and Disabilities (SEND) deficits risk discouraging councils from addressing the problem in future years, a senior economist has warned.
Kate Ogden from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) told delegates at The MJ's Future Forum in Hertfordshire that, having announced they will pick up 90% of existing local authority SEND deficits, ministers may be judged by councils to have created a precedent.
