Care providers and think thanks have described the lack of additional funding for social care in the Chancellor’s budget as “hugely disappointing”. Despite Rishi Sunak pledging £6 billion to the
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Here are the main points from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Outlining the Government’s economic response to the Covid-19 outbreak, Mr Sunak unveiled an additional “fiscal loosening” of £18 billion to
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A £30 billion package to stimulate the economy in the face of the coronavirus crisis was announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as growth forecasts were slashed and the Bank of
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A major investment in youth services is needed in the Budget to help prevent knife crime, according to MPs. A cross-party group of politicians called for urgent funds to protect
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MPs have launched an inquiry to establish how much money the social care sector needs to avoid shortages. The Health and Social Care Committee will look at how much extra
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The Scottish Government has set up a new fund that aims to reduce the harms associated with prostitution, as well as reducing men’s demand for it. A total of £100,000
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Boris Johnson has come under increasing pressure from Tory MPs to deliver long-promised social care reforms. Conservative former health minister Jackie Doyle-Price said it was “high time that we really
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Councils across England are being reminded by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman of their duties under the Care Act to administer ‘top-up fees’ for people contributing towards relatives’
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Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run homes. Care England, the largest
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“Massive pressures” on social care has “squeezed out spending for all other important services”, a senior Labour MP has warned. Chair of the housing, communities and local government committee Clive
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