Vast majority of English local authorities set to increase council tax
Nine out of 10 local authorities in England are increasing their level of council tax from April, a new survey has found. Residents in some areas will see their bills
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Welsh Gov announce extra £7 million for innovative ‘lifetime support’ autism service
Welsh Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans, has announced additional funding of £7 million for the National Integrated Autism Service. The announcement brings the total amount
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Inverclyde commit new funding to improve lives of people with Autism
Delivering better services for children with autism as they grow into adulthood and beyond has been identified as a priority in Inverclyde. Inverclyde Council’s Policy & Resources Committee has approved
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Funding squeeze sees home care contracts cancelled at 95 local authorities
Ninety-five councils have had home care contracts cancelled by private companies, an investigation has found. BBC Panorama found that agencies were struggling to deliver the care required with the funding
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Top civil servant urged to probe Surrey’s social care ‘sweetheart deal’
Britain’s top civil servant has been asked to investigate the so-called sweetheart deal for Surrey County Council to deal with its social care funding shortage. Labour claims the Tory authority,
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Offender charities receive Scottish Government funding of nearly £3m
Organisations working to help offenders and their families will share almost £3 million of Scottish Government funding. Seven charities will use the cash to fund specialist services including employment training,
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Tory council had ‘extraordinary level of access to ministers over funding’
Ministers and their advisers gave an “extraordinary level of access” to a Conservative council to resolve funding concerns, MPs have heard. Tory MP Jonathan Lord (Woking) suggested that Communities Secretary
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Council leader tells of ‘gentleman’s agreement’ on social care to avoid tax hike
A Tory council leader told how he had secured a “gentleman’s agreement” with the Government to avoid an embarrassing 15% tax hike. Downing Street has repeatedly denied striking a ”sweetheart
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Funds pledged to tackle domestic violence and to help mothers find work
Domestic violence organisations will receive a £20 million boost under plans to be set out in Philip Hammond’s first Budget. Theresa May, who is working to oversee a new Domestic
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Hammond pledges extra £2bn to help tackle social care crisis
The crisis in social care and pressure to help firms facing business rates hikes forced Chancellor Philip Hammond to promise billions in extra funding as he delivered his first Budget.
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