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Report highlights gap in school funding proposals

A new report has warned government plans to overhaul school funding could leave councils with a 'logistical impossibility'.

Government plans to overhaul school funding could leave councils with ‘a logistical impossibility' and damage their ability to look after vulnerable children, a new report has warned.

Published on 26 June, the joint Local Government Association (LGA) and Department for Education (DfE) report – based on in-depth research with nine local authorities – found ‘significant concern' among councils over the changes.

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