A health minister has sidestepped calls to apologise for repeating a claim that “austerity has been the mother of invention”. Jackie Doyle-Price faced criticism in the Commons after she noted
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Measures to tackle emergency funding shortfalls in key public services will cost £10 billion over five years but amount to a “sticking plaster” solution, according to expert analysis of government
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Children’s services are at a “tipping point”, with record numbers of youngsters now in care, town hall bosses have warned. The equivalent of 90 youngsters a day are entering the
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Youth clubs and youth support services are set to receive £40 million in Government and lottery funding aimed at helping over 300,000 disadvantaged children across the country. The Youth Investment
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One in six care homes are showing signs that they are at risk of failure amid rising costs and lack of funding, a new study shows. Research by accountancy firm
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Three-quarters of councils in England overspent on their children’s services budgets by more than half a billion pounds, council leaders have warned. Figures for the 152 English councils which provide
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A cap on care costs and an asset threshold will be included in the Government’s social care funding consultation, a health minister has said. But Tory frontbencher Steve Brine stopped
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A new research project led by academics at the University of Sheffield will examine potential sustainable solutions to the ongoing crisis within the UK’s social care system. With an ageing
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More social care cuts will hit elderly and disabled people due to a funding shortfall, leaders of adult social services have said. The annual survey of 151 directors of social
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A senior Tory MP has urged Theresa May’s Government to quickly resolve social care funding, telling ministers: “Just get on and do it.” Sir Nicholas Soames questioned why a “sane
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