(UK) Borough near London to "increase the number of SPED...places..."

July 26, 2018,Yellow Advertiser: Barking and Dagenham Council allocates £13m funding for schools http://www.yellowad.co.uk/article.cfm?id=134587&headline=Barking%20and%20Dagenham%20Council%20allocates%20%C2%A313m%20funding%20for%20schools&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 BARKING and Dagenham Council has allocated more than £13 million for further investment in schools. The funding has been allocated to improve and modernise schools, provide health and fitness programmes, and increase the number of special education needs and disabilities (SEND) places and support. … The council has spent about £100m in the last three years improving education in the borough.