Councils in some of the poorest urban areas of the country have warned Angela Rayner that the vast majority do not expect to meet their budget targets in the next
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Council leaders have said they remain “hopeful” union members will accept the latest pay offer – after it emerged that 90,000 council staff could be balloted for strike action. Cosla,
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Calls have been made for one-word ratings by the health watchdog for adult social care services to be scrapped just as they will be for children’s providers. The Local Government
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A cap on social care costs which was delayed by the Tories will not be taken forward by the new Labour Government as it was “undeliverable”, a minister has said.
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TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp says that she does not think she would not have been reported to social services for letting her 15-year-old son go abroad if she had “been
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Vulnerable households face a support “cliff edge” when dedicated funding expires next month, councils have warned. The Household Support Grant, which is provided to those struggling with basic costs for
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A council said it has “robust” contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by adult social care workers. Members of the Unison union in Lancashire are taking industrial
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Whitehall must pump-prime councils if Government chiefs want to tackle homelessness, five housing leaders have warned. They have told Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner that the UK needs a “paradigm
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The number of households needing help for homelessness because they had to leave Government asylum support accommodation has soared, new figures showed. A total of 16,660 households were assessed as
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A record high of more than 150,000 children living in temporary accommodation has been described as “astounding” amid calls for more action to address what the Government has acknowledged is
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