The Chancellor has been urged to provide emergency funding to protect crucial services after it emerged the share of council budgets spent on protecting vulnerable children has ballooned, with allocations
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Children in care may be left without the right support unless town hall budgets are boosted in the autumn statement, councils have warned the Chancellor. The Local Government Association (LGA),
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The Prime Minister has said “working people are paying the price” for Labour councils’ “financial mismanagement” after Nottingham City Council said it faced a £23 million in-year budget gap. Rishi
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The Government must demonstrate how it is delivering on its plans to meet challenges in a social care system which remains under “significant pressure”, a report has warned. The National
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Drugs minister Elena Whitham has said she will be “robust” in her fight to secure adequate funding for her portfolio. Scotland has been struggling with record high drug deaths in
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England’s largest councils are “running out of road” with almost half saying they are unsure if they can balance their budgets next year. The County Councils Network (CCN) warned on
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The leader of Leicester City Council has warned that bankruptcy is a “real prospect” for the authority without further government support. Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby (pictured) said the council was
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Britain’s public services are “crumbling” and risk getting stuck in a “perpetual state of crisis”, a think tank has warned. In its annual report on the state of public services,
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Councils “do not have enough funding simply to stand still” as they face billions in funding gaps across the next two years, the organisation representing them has told the Chancellor.
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A charity providing support and play opportunities for disabled children and young people will receive up to £2 million in Scottish Government funding. First Minister Humza Yousaf committed to the
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