The Chancellor received three cheers from business leaders but was accused of offering “short-term bribes” by critics in wildly-differing reaction to his Budget. Terry Scuoler, chief executive of the EEF
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Extra money for mental health services will be included in next week’s Budget, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has revealed. The package will include £8.5 million over five years to
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A new £20m fund to support more than 1,600 severely disabled people in Wales with their care needs will be devolved to local authorities when the existing UK fund closes
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Details of a new £15 million fund to improve innovation and services in mental health have been announced in the Scottish Parliament. Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and
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The rise in short home visits to elderly people by care workers is a damning indictment of the underfunded social care and health system, the chairman of the Local Government
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Making people pay towards their NHS treatment could be used to reduce pressure on funding for social care, a report suggests. Having to contribute financially would also provide a “nudge”
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A £14m package of support will be made available to help local government implement major reforms to Wales’ social care system, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
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Funding for free nursery places delivering early learning and childcare will double over the term of the next Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged. In a wide-ranging education
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Plans to devolve £6 billion a year of health spending to Greater Manchester will lead to closer integration between the NHS and social care and improve results for patients, George
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MPs have warned of a potential “significant increase” in pressure on adult social care as a result of switching the focus of a key Government scheme to slashing NHS costs.
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