Funding for Britain’s “Third World” social care system should be prioritised over the foreign aid budget, a former minister has said. Conservative peer and ex-pensions minister Ros Altmann’s call was
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“Under threat” social care systems in certain areas of England are set to receive a funding boost from the Government, Downing Street has indicated. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid (pictured) will
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Social care should be “front of the queue” for an injection of cash from the Government, the head of the NHS in England has said. Simon Stevens, chief executive of
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Hiking up council tax bills to cover the social care funding black hole will increase the postcode lottery in provision, Theresa May was warned amid speculation she will back steep
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Council budgets could be cut by £700 million by the end of the current Parliament, according to a new report. The study, commissioned by the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP),
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Widespread dismay has greeted the omission of any reference in the 2016 Autumn Statement to the parlous state of social care funding. While few expected any fresh announcements about more
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Before the recent Autumn Statement, there was plenty of chatter about the government – at long last – putting more money into social care. The system has been starved of
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A group of Cambridge academics has said Theresa May appears to hold a “historically obsolete view” on welfare spending. Cutting welfare and social care budgets in times of economic hardship,
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Downing Street may have blocked a new funding package for social care services ahead of the Autumn Statement, Andy Burnham has claimed. Labour’s former health secretary said councils had been
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Scotland’s councils could be facing a shortfall of more than £550 million in just two years’ time, public spending watchdogs have predicted. The Accounts Commission has forecast the gap between
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