High-profile social care funding demands ‘risk ignoring voices of service-users’
The latest attempts by politicians and charities to push for a solution to the social…
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Care crisis: Council supports nearly 50 per cent fewer adults after six years of austerity
MPs have been told that the adult social care system is “unsustainable” without significant further…
Tory conference: Mowat hides from heat over social care crisis
The Conservative party has refused to explain why ministers appear to have dodged any mention…
Lib Dem conference: Lamb calls for new care tax, but rejects free, needs-led service
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans for a dedicated NHS and social care tax, but…
No confidence that SCIE report will see Care Act turnaround in Norfolk
A report commissioned following concerns raised by disabled people that their local authority was breaching…
Councils complain about social care funding cuts, while freezing council tax
Two-fifths of local authorities in England have decided not to raise as much as they…
DWP set to repeat ILF blueprint by transferring AA cash to councils
The government has announced proposals to end all new attendance allowance claims and transfer the…
Spending review: Osborne’s ‘missed opportunity’ on ‘snowballing’ social care crisis
The chancellor has been accused of missing an opportunity to solve the social care funding…
‘Shocking’ report exposes failings in ME social care
By Raya Al JadirA tiny proportion of disabled people with the neurological condition ME are…
Government postponement of social care cap ‘is a betrayal’
The government has “betrayed” people who use social care by deciding to postpone the introduction…