Councils have warned that it is becoming “tougher” to offer homeless people accommodation as a result of Government cuts and a shortage of affordable housing. The Local Government Association’s comments
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New figures released today show that the number of councils no longer providing care to people deemed to have `low’ or `moderate’ needs has risen by 17 per cent in
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More than 2000 youth workers have been axed and 350 youth centres closed since 2012 as a direct result of Coalition Government cuts, a new report by UNISON has found. The
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Council spending will have fallen by nearly 30% by the end of the current parliament as a result of government funding reductions, an analysis of expenditure by The Chartered Institute
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Deep cuts in spending on social care are being implemented in spite of “extreme” public concern over recent scandals in care homes, a senior figure has warned. David Pearson, president
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Social care in Gloucestershire is being targeted by the county council which said it wanted to cut £75m from its budget over the next three years, according to the BBC.
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The NHS and Government are ‘flying blind’ in planning services for vulnerable older people because there is no comprehensive way to quantify the impact that social care cuts are having
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Cuts to social care services, particularly for the elderly, could be putting “unsustainable” pressures on carers and the NHS, a report warns today. The National Audit Office (NAO) study finds
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Social care charity Quarriers has confirmed it will close a school and two children’s homes in Ayrshire with the loss of 69 jobs across the three sites. Quarriers said falling
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Around 68,000 benefit claimants are having their welfare payments stopped unfairly each year, heightening demand for food banks, a think tank has claimed today. Policy Exchange said the figure relates
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