Council budgets could be cut by £700 million by the end of the current Parliament, according to a new report. The study, commissioned by the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP),
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Widespread dismay has greeted the omission of any reference in the 2016 Autumn Statement to the parlous state of social care funding. While few expected any fresh announcements about more
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Before the recent Autumn Statement, there was plenty of chatter about the government – at long last – putting more money into social care. The system has been starved of
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Downing Street may have blocked a new funding package for social care services ahead of the Autumn Statement, Andy Burnham has claimed. Labour’s former health secretary said councils had been
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A group of Cambridge academics has said Theresa May appears to hold a “historically obsolete view” on welfare spending. Cutting welfare and social care budgets in times of economic hardship,
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Scotland’s councils could be facing a shortfall of more than £550 million in just two years’ time, public spending watchdogs have predicted. The Accounts Commission has forecast the gap between
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The country faces a “social care crisis” unless funding is increased, with knock-on effects likely to add to pressures on hospital A&E departments over the winter, ministers have been warned.
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Jeremy Corbyn has called for more money to be spent on hospitals, social care and mental health, claiming the Government is “under-funding” key services. The Labour leader claimed there was
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Philip Hammond has denied health and social care services are facing “looming chaos” as he was accused of forgetting the NHS from the Autumn Statement. Labour MP Luciana Berger told
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The lack of extra resources for social care in the Autumn Statement has sparked alarm among leading Tories. Warwickshire County Council leader Izzi Seccombe, who is the most senior Tory
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