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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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has briefed the Northern Ireland Assembly Health Committee to highlight the pressures facing social work and to detail changes required to support
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A £1 billion Government scheme to boost childcare for three and four-year-olds will deliver only a “small” increase in parents working, a new study has found. Education Secretary Justine Greening
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Hospital scheduled care is “simply short of what we expect” Health Secretary Shona Robison conceded, as new figures showed performance against key NHS waiting times targets falling. Official figures disclosed
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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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The country faces a “social care crisis” unless funding is increased, with knock-on effects likely to add to pressures on hospital A&E departments over the winter, ministers have been warned.
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Jeremy Corbyn has called for more money to be spent on hospitals, social care and mental health, claiming the Government is “under-funding” key services. The Labour leader claimed there was
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A flagship £1.5 million scheme to give running blades to amputee children has not given out any blades eight months after it was announced, a senior Tory MP has claimed.
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The lack of extra resources for social care in the Autumn Statement has sparked alarm among leading Tories. Warwickshire County Council leader Izzi Seccombe, who is the most senior Tory
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Philip Hammond has denied health and social care services are facing “looming chaos” as he was accused of forgetting the NHS from the Autumn Statement. Labour MP Luciana Berger told
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