Reductions to council’s public health grants are “cuts to the NHS in all but name”, council leaders have said. The Local Government Association warned there would be a “major impact”
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More than 25,000 jobs are under threat because of cuts to council spending across the country, new research has revealed. Local authorities in many areas are proposing job losses, ranging
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Councils are starting to freeze non-essential services as they reach a “tipping point” ahead of an expected fresh round of deep spending cuts, new research has revealed. Hundreds of thousands
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The NHS is facing a “toxic mix” as winter approaches of deficits, rising waiting times and low staff morale, an influential think tank has warned. Cuts to social care are
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Cuts to children’s centre budgets could have a damaging impact on hundreds of thousands of families across the country, a charity has warned. A poll by 4Children found almost two
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More than 400 probation jobs are threatened with the axe under “drastic” cuts in a number of centres across the country, according to unions. Sodexo was said to be planning
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More than a million older people are struggling to cope with basic tasks such as getting out of bed, washing and dressing with no help, a charity has warned, as
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The Government’s planned £200 million cuts to public health budgets will harm the nation’s health, a number of leading charities and organisations have warned. In a letter to The Times,
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More than half of households in the UK receive more from the state in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax, according to a new report. The 51.5%
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Councils in England face cuts of £3.3 billion in central government funding next year, a new study has found. The Local Government Association warned that councils will have to make
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