Hospice bosses have warned they are facing an “insurmountable funding gap,” and concerns are mounting that they may have to turn people away. Insisting “funding is in crisis”, the chief
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Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole”. Conservative Party leader
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New figures from the Scottish Government reveal that the cost of providing free personal and nursing care has increased to more £900 million. The amount spent on both providing care
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Costs to councils to cover social care for working age and lifelong disabled adults could top £17 billion by 2030, projections have suggested amid a warning the proposed National Care
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Eight in 10 councils in England are on course to bust their budget on adult social care by March, according to a survey said to show the “ongoing and intensifying
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The cost of a lack of action on social care reform is the subject of a newly-launched inquiry by MPs. The Health and Social Care Committee said it will look
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The perilous state of council finances means one in four local authorities could be forced to request emergency support from the Government to avoid effective bankruptcy over the next two
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Serious concerns about the record number of investigations launched when information suggests a child is being seriously harmed has prompted councils to call for emergency funding in the forthcoming Budget.
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Hospices have warned they are facing “unsustainable” financial pressures as they revealed they are having to rely on a larger income from their charity shops than the funding they are
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Councils say they are “staring down the barrel” financially, as new analysis suggests they will be limited to being “little more than care services” by the end of this Parliament
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