Politicians need to face up to the need for higher taxes or radical reforms to care for the UK’s ageing population, the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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Voluntary organisations across Scotland are benefitting from grants totalling more than £1.2 million which will help social service workers gain qualifications, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) announced today. The
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The Scottish Government and health board bosses must learn lessons from the “systemic failure of governance” at NHS Tayside, a Holyrood committee said. Members of the Public Audit Committee also
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England has fallen behind other UK countries on adult social care spending, new analysis suggests. The country spent around a third less per person than Scotland and Wales in 2010/11,
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The funding system for English councils is “unsustainable” and the Government must take action to address it, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said funding for
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Councils will need to spend £6.1bn per year more in 2025 on adult social care services compared to what they were spending a decade ago, new figures reveal. England’s 36
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Giving free social care to the over-65s could save the NHS £4.5 billion a year by enabling more elderly people to get care in the community, a leading think tank
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The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has found. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
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Councils could be facing a £51.8 billion funding “black hole” over the next six years, according to a new report. Such a financial shortfall would mean yearly council tax rises,
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Social Care Wales has welcomed the announcement that the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund has doubled and is urging those working in social care to apply for it. Earlier this week,
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