Nurseries and childminders are to get extra money towards providing free childcare hours for pre-schoolers, the Chancellor has announced. Early years spending is to increase by £66 million in 2020/21,
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Councils will be able to access new funding of £1.5 billion for social care next year, the Chancellor has announced. Sajid Javid made the move in the face of ongoing
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The Government must substantially invest in the social care system to avert the risk of “total collapse” in the worst-affected areas, a charity has warned. Age UK said health and
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The Government must invest £7.5 billion a year over the next four years to address the “shameful policy failure” of the social care system, the Health Foundation said. More than
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More than £2bn of funding for vital social care services is at risk next year, with council leaders today urging government to confirm that resource will continue otherwise services will
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Boris Johnson has suggested a cross-party approach may be needed to deal with the “huge issue” of social care. The Prime Minister – who used his first speech in office
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said hospices will receive a £25 million funding boost to help alleviate frontline pressures. The announcement follows a reception hosted by the Prime Minister in
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A “long-overdue” review of council tax bands is needed to help plug the £5 billion funding gap local authorities are facing, a committee of MPs has said. In its report
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Rhod Gilbert has accused the Government of “a deliberate hacking away at almost all public and social services until there is nothing left” as he called for improved funding for
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More than £28 million in student loan over-payments is sitting in government coffers unclaimed by graduates. In a nine-year period, more than half a million former students in England overpaid
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