An extra £10 million is being invested by the Scottish Government to help people with mental health difficulties at an early stage. The money will be spent over two years
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Holyrood Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has hit back at opposition politicians who branded his budget a “con” which will see the “heart ripped out of public services”. In an “historic
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Children are being left “at risk of harm” because of the Government’s failure to develop a “credible” plan to improve protection services, MPs have warned. The influential House of Commons
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Increasing numbers of people who wish to spend their final days at home have been supported to do so, according to the latest Welsh Government annual report into the care
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Sajid Javid has claimed almost £900 million extra will be available to local authorities over the next two years to fund social care services. The Communities Secretary said up to
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The Government has been accused of applying a “sticking plaster” solution to the crisis in adult social care, after announcing £900 million of new funding over the next two years.
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Holyrood Finance Secretary Derek Mackay handed cash-strapped councils a spending boost in his budget, pledging to up their funds by just over £240 million. Mr Mackay also confirmed he would
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Labour has pledged to end the “national shame” of rough sleeping within its next term in government – and challenged Theresa May to back the plan. Shadow cabinet minister John
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People should start saving for their future social care costs in the same way that they save for their pensions, Jeremy Hunt has said. Those in their 20s or 30s
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Local authorities in England are to be allowed to bring forward council tax increases totalling 6% over the next two years to pay for social care. Ministers have agreed the
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