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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Councils in some of the poorest urban areas of the country have warned Angela Rayner that the vast majority do not expect to meet their budget targets in the next
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Overseas aid spending could fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the Government takes action at the Budget in October, a coalition of charities has warned. Leaders of 122
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Treasury leaders “trashed” the public health system as it was originally intended after 2015, a Conservative former health secretary has warned. Lord Lansley accused his successor Jeremy Hunt, now the
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Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced up to £500 million of spending cuts as she insisted “urgent action” was needed to ensure the Government can balance its budget for
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A cap on social care costs which was delayed by the Tories will not be taken forward by the new Labour Government as it was “undeliverable”, a minister has said.
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The Government’s decision not to go ahead with a fund dedicated to training the social care workforce is “desperately shortsighted”, according to a leading health charity. In a written statement
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Public sector workers are in line for a pay rise but 10 million pensioners will lose out on winter fuel payments in an attempt to fill a £22 billion black
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A push to get people discharged from hospital more quickly is partly contributing to a rise in those needing more complex care in the aftermath, according to a major survey
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The Government should do more to measure the impact of its health and social care foreign assistance programmes, the aid watchdog has said. Health, research and innovation funded by the
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