Spending Review 2025: Key points for the assistive tech sector
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves Yesterday (11 June 2025), Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves presented her Spending Review to Parliament. The Spending Review…
Wales allocates more than £600m extra funding for the NHS and social care
The Welsh Government has approved the Welsh Budget 2025-26, releasing £ billion of extra funding for the NHS, councils, social care and public transport, benefitting…
More than half of councils are likely to cut services in adult social care due to reduced funding
England’s largest councils say they are now more likely to reduce adult social care services this year while raising council tax by the maximum due…
Peaceful walk will bring together the care sector to demand vital funding for social care
Providers Unite, a grassroots coalition uniting community care and support providers across the UK to advocate for care sector survival, is hosting a peaceful walk…
Charities call on government to provide multi-year funding for social care to avoid “dire” consequences
The UK’s adult social care sector is teetering on the brink of collapse, according to the latest ‘Sector Pulse Check Report’ by learning disability charity…
£3.7bn funding made available to councils to enhance social care services
Through the recently published provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, the UK Government will provide £69 billion to councils across England. As part of this, £…
AUTUMN BUDGET 2024: Key points for the assistive tech sector
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves Yesterday (30 October 2024), Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour Party’s Autumn Budget to Parliament, detailing…
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…
£9m funding to give people who access social care more choice in Scotland
More than £9 million is being made available over the next three years to give people who access social care more choice and control over…
Demand for adult social care services in rural areas set to rise while chronically understaffed
A new report by the UK Parliament states that the UK Government is falling short on its promise to “fix the crisis in social care”…