Article 6JQDS Special needs responsibilities were heaped on councils as funding shrank

Special needs responsibilities were heaped on councils as funding shrank

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Richard Adams Education editor
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The Guardian found huge variation in the delays children face, as demand has outstripped provision

There was a familiar feel to last month's Commons debate on special needs funding: MPs berating the government over its lack of support for local authorities in England, for the long delays in assessments and severe shortages of special school places.

But many of the debate's most damning complaints came from Conservative MPs, whose reports of frustration and anger from their constituents were indistinguishable from the opposition's.

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