PM announces long-term funding plans for NHS to be introduced this year
A long-term funding plan to stop the NHS being hit by funding crises will be put in place this year, Theresa May has announced. The Prime Minister admitted the health
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Cross-party plan aims to break ‘political deadlock’ over funding of heatlh and social care
Theresa May faces calls from almost 100 MPs to establish a cross-party commission to address the crisis in NHS and social care. The move is an attempt to break the
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Getting social care is ‘like being in a shop with no prices’, Andrew Dilnot
Getting social care is “like being in a shop with no prices”, according to the author of a major review of social care which concluded costs should be capped. Sir
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Social care costs ‘could account for half of council revenues by 2035’
Adult social care costs could account for half of the local taxes raised by councils unless ministers rethink their local government funding reforms, a leading economic think tank has warned.
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Cap on ‘punitive’ social care costs set to feature in Jeremy Hunt’s reforms
A cap on the “punitive” costs faced by people requiring care is set to be included in the latest Government plan for reform of the system in England, Jeremy Hunt
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Student nurses at nine universities have loans cut off after overpayment error
Student nurses at nine universities have had their loans and grants cut off or reduced after administrative errors meant they were previously paid too much, according to nursing leaders. The
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Chancellor talks up economy with suggestion of spending boost in Autumn Budget
Chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted he will turn on the spending tap in this autumn’s Budget after positive public finance figures pointed to “light at the end of the tunnel”
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Chancellor ‘cut off from real world’ as public sector workers ignored again, McDonnell
John McDonnell has accused Philip Hammond of being “cut off from the real world” as he warned public sector workers have been “ignored again” by the Government. The shadow chancellor
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Councils dipping into reserves as financial pressures on social services increase
Cash-strapped councils are “raiding their rainy day funds” to cope with growing demand on social services, the public spending watchdog has said. Government funding for local authorities has fallen by
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UK Government unveils £12 billion budget for Northern Ireland
The UK Government has tabled a budget for Northern Ireland in the ongoing absence of devolved ministers due to the powersharing crisis. Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley unveiled the £12
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