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Council tax hike could leave poorest without social care and ‘living a squalid life’

By The Press Association12th December 2016News England

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

Council budgets in Scotland ‘could be cut by £700 million’, says new report

By The Press Association12th December 2016News Scotland

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),

Engage: Richard Humphries asks, what now for social care?

By Richard Humphries12th December 2016Engage

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

Care for elderly and disabled ‘in crisis’ as providers increasingly pull out of contracts

By The Press Association7th December 2016News England

Companies that provide care to the elderly and disabled are increasingly handing back contracts to local authorities because they are not being paid enough, the leader of the health regulator

Engage: Social care services facing a daily crisis – the government must fund them properly

By Dave Prentis7th December 2016Engage

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

Thousands of learning disability care jobs at risk over National Living Wage rises

By The Press Association6th December 2016News England

Tens of thousands of people who care for people with learning disabilities could face losing their jobs unless more money is pumped into the sector, a charity has warned. By

Andy Burnham suggests Downing Street blocked social care funding package

By The Press Association2nd December 2016News England

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

PM’s welfare and social care spending policy ‘historically obsolete’, say academics

By The Press Association2nd December 2016News England

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,

MPs reject Tory bid to launch another national inquiry into grooming gangs

Elon Musk ‘knows absolutely nothing’ about grooming gangs, Jess Phillips says

Former child abuse inquiry chairwoman urges Government to act over 2022 report

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O’Neill announces details of health and social care Transformation Advisory Board