The government says it will spend billions to make mainstream schools in England more inclusive for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). That includes £1.6bn over three years going directly to schools, early years settings and colleges, and £1.8bn over the same period to provide more access to experts such as specialist teachers and speech and language therapists. The new money is part of a major SEND system overhaul, with government plans for a series of school reforms due to be published in full on Monday. Teaching unions said they would be scrutinising the proposals closely, with one saying the money was "barely a drop in the bucket" of what was needed because of "years of underfunding". The latest funding announcement comes days after other details of the government's proposals were leaked before the Schools White Paper, the government's formal policy document setting out all its plans for SEND, was due to be published.…