A council has warned it is in “financial peril” and will have to cut millions of pounds in spending next year to balance its books. Brighton and Hove City Council
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Nottingham City Council has become the latest local authority to issue a Section 114 notice, blaming its financial problems on real-terms cuts in Government funding and rising demand for services.
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The social care sector has been too fragmented and must come together to “pool our forces” if it is to secure the funding and change needed for its future, the
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Jeremy Hunt has gone from “hero to zero on social care”, according to campaigners who branded the absence of any new funding commitments to the struggling sector “shameful”. The only
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The Chancellor has been urged to provide emergency funding to protect crucial services after it emerged the share of council budgets spent on protecting vulnerable children has ballooned, with allocations
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Children in care may be left without the right support unless town hall budgets are boosted in the autumn statement, councils have warned the Chancellor. The Local Government Association (LGA),
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The Prime Minister has said “working people are paying the price” for Labour councils’ “financial mismanagement” after Nottingham City Council said it faced a £23 million in-year budget gap. Rishi
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The Government must demonstrate how it is delivering on its plans to meet challenges in a social care system which remains under “significant pressure”, a report has warned. The National
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Drugs minister Elena Whitham has said she will be “robust” in her fight to secure adequate funding for her portfolio. Scotland has been struggling with record high drug deaths in
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England’s largest councils are “running out of road” with almost half saying they are unsure if they can balance their budgets next year. The County Councils Network (CCN) warned on
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