[Tubby Isaacs]

This is positive too. Despite the warning, this is the only way that costs will get contained in the right way (by efficiency savings across larger areas, rather than just trying to stop people applying for what they're entitled to),

Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The NEU is already threatening to strike...