Councils are spending millions of pounds every year helping vulnerable families whose immigration status means they are not eligible to receive most public funds, MPs have been told. Local authorities
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More than a third of care home residents in England were paying for some or all of the care before the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Some 36.7% of care home
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People should not be “conned” into thinking a £12 billion tax hike will solve the problems facing social care, it has been warned at Westminster. The criticism came as legislation
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Boris Johnson’s “regressive” £12 billion tax rise will not fix social care and further punishes businesses, senior Tories have warned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak was also urged to use this month’s
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England’s social care sector boosted the economy by at least £50.3 billion over the last financial year, according to new analysis. The sector’s economic activity grew by 7.7% during the
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Scottish Labour has said it is “deeply troubling” that a contract to help design the new National Care Service has been awarded to a private company. The party and trade
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Health leaders and charities have urged the Government to increase public health spending, as analysis reveals it has fallen by around a quarter in real terms over six years. England’s
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The chairman of the Prince of Wales’s charitable foundation has resigned, expressing concern over potential “rogue activity” after reports that the organisation accepted a six-figure sum from a Russian donor.
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The government has put forward proposals for social care funding. Of the £36bn promised from the Health and Social Care levy over the next three years, social care is due
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Nearly £50 million is to be invested in Wales’s social care sector, the Welsh Government has announced. Most of the funding will be given to local authorities to help meet
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