Councils expected to overspend on adult social care budgets by £564m
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has published its latest annual survey, which highlights the growing and urgent challenges facing councils as…
72 percent of councils in England overspent on their adult social care budgets in 2023/24, survey finds
People are needing more complex care and support due to illness and disability, but local councils are struggling financially to meet people’s higher-level needs, says…
Relationship reset with whoever forms next government needed as councils face more than £6bn funding gap, LGA says
A whitepaper has been published by the Local Government Association (LGA) setting out how a new relationship between central and local government - which provides…
Record £1.4bn funding for local authorities to support social care and bolster workforce
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid A record total of £ billion will be made available over three years to help increase the fee…
Half of all older people’s requests for care were turned down in the last year, new ‘woeful’ research reveals
According to worrying new research by Age UK, 2,000 older people’s requests for care were turned down every day in this last year, highlighting the…
New report finds adult social care is the top long-term pressure for council finances
In the State of Local Government Finance Survey 2020, which comes from the LGiU and the MJ, the report reveals that adult social care has…