Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid £6bn-a-year Send costs

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1. Town hall spending on support for special needs pupils soars by nearly two-thirds over six years with fastest rise in wealthier areas, report finds | Daily Mail

2. Half of all new school funding in past decade spent on Send | The Times

3. ‘Sharp-elbowed’ middle class families behind soaring special needs spending, think tank claims | The Telegraph

4. Send provision leaving deprived areas of England ‘trailing behind’, report finds | The Guardian

Rachel Reeves is under pressure to reassure MPs over the state of the UK’s public finances, amid concerns that the rising cost of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) could leave a significant hole in the government’s financial buffer.