Sajid Javid has ordered a review into “allegations of failures in financial management and governance” at Northamptonshire County Council. On his first full day as the newly re-titled Secretary of
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Local authorities are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to 5.99% next year, after a further relaxation of the Government-imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for
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Plans to give local authorities the power to raise council tax by an extra 1% will generate only a fraction of the funding shortfall in social care, a senior Labour
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A Tory MP has urged ministers to consider “centralised funding” of social care in a similar system to the NHS. Huw Merriman made the call as he highlighted the situation
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Scotland’s care sector needs an extra £1 billion of funding, MSPs have heard. Donald Macaskill, Scottish Care chief executive, told a Holyrood committee the cash was a “conservative” estimate of
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An NHS Trust whose chairman resigned in protest at Government funding has been put into special measures. The former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake, quit as chairman of
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A fundamental review of the NHS is needed to address a financial crisis, Lord Kerslake said, after quitting as the boss of a major hospital trust in protest at funding
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Cash-strapped councils could see their funding halved over the next two years, “threatening the existence” of vital services, the Local Government Association has warned. Councils are facing a 54% reduction
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Spending on children’s services was slashed by nearly £1 billion under David Cameron, according to Labour. The party’s shadow education secretary Angela Rayner expressed concern, saying the Local Government Association
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Scotland’s independent care sector has issued an urgent plea for extra investment in this week’s Scottish budget. Dr Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, said a “significant” increase in
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