The Government is being urged to invest in the “badly underfunded” social care system after new research suggested annual spending was hundreds of millions of pounds lower than a decade
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The number of children referred to social care services for support fell by nearly a fifth during the height of the lockdown, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Figures
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The social care system should be reformed so individuals pay for what they want while the state covers what they need, a new report says. The centre-right Centre for Policy
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Patients whose ill-health may be linked to being overweight should be routinely weighed at appointments to help stave off obesity and spiralling care costs, councils say. Concern around offending overweight
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Any new unaccompanied migrant children arriving on small boats will now be left with Border Force after Kent County Council announced it has reached capacity. Large numbers of migrant children
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Kent County Council has reached its capacity to care for asylum-seeking children arriving on its shores, its leader has said. The council issued a statement quoting Roger Gough as saying:
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Kent County Council is just “days away” from being unable to look after more asylum seeking children arriving on its shores, its leader fears. Roger Gough said about 420 unaccompanied
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A joint national and local approach to coronavirus testing and contact tracing needs “a change in flow of resources” to help councils cover the costs of trying to reach people,
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More than 65% of people with a learning disability had their social care slashed by at least half during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey suggests. Charity Mencap asked 1,069 people
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A family court judge was wrong to rule that three children taken into council care pending the outcome of legal proceedings could not spend time with their mother following lockdown,
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