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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jasmine Norden

Education spending plans will struggle to narrow gaps in outcomes – report

The Government will struggle to narrow gaps in educational outcomes and address the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (Send) with current spending plans, a report has warned.

The Institute for Government (IfG) has said Labour’s budget falls short of matching its ambitions for schools, and its aim to break the link between a child’s background and their future success will be difficult to achieve without a far more joined-up approach to Send reform.

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