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11 Aug 20
Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
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24 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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24 Jan 20
Local authority leisure services are in desperate need of investment with nearly a quarter now almost 20 years old, council leaders have said.
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5 Nov 19
Public health cuts worth nearly £900m over the last five years in England have impacted communities that need the funding most, research has found.
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8 Oct 19
Boards aimed at improving local wellbeing of citizens must start “thinking and acting differently” to achieve their potential, the Welsh Auditor General has said.
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6 Sep 19
Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
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23 Jul 19
The government’s prevention green paper has been branded a “missed opportunity” by local government and health bodies.
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12 Jul 19
Cases of type two diabetes in children and young people in England and Wales have soared by 47% in the last five years, according to new research released by the Local Government Association today.
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12 Jun 19
The government has been urged by two leading charities to reverse £1bn in “short-sighted” cuts to public health funding, which they warn will directly impact long-term health and increase strain on...
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28 May 19
Our health and social care services will suffer if the government does not invest in public health, says Cancer Research UK’s Alison Cox.
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14 May 19
The time is right for a “system-wide rethink” on public health investment, CIPFA has said.
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9 May 19
Charities, mayors, think-tanks and umbrella groups have called on the health and communities secretaries to increase investment in public health.
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11 Mar 19
Health minister Nicola Blackwood has announced up to £56m of funding for research into climate change, calling it “one of the biggest challenges” facing public health.
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21 Dec 18
Cutting public health grant will heap pressure on the NHS, councils leaders and a health think-tank have said.
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15 Nov 18
Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
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6 Sep 18
Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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23 May 18
Northamptonshire County Council could face a 60% higher bill than expected for misspend public health grants, an independent audit report has found.
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4 May 18
Funding cuts have left the alcohol treatment sector in England in “crisis”, a report by a charity has said.
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12 Mar 18
Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has been told to explain to Public Health England how grants of some £10m were used.
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23 Jan 18
Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
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17 Jan 18
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
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9 Aug 17
Alcohol and smoking are not a drain on public finances and actually provide a net benefit of £22.8bn, according to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs.
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28 Jul 17
Councils have accused the government of “hijacking” the soft drinks levy to plug the hole in education budgets.
11 Aug 20Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
24 Mar 20Rishi Sunak’s support package for workers could cost several billion pounds per month, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
24 Jan 20Local authority leisure services are in desperate need of investment with nearly a quarter now almost 20 years old, council leaders have said.
5 Nov 19Public health cuts worth nearly £900m over the last five years in England have impacted communities that need the funding most, research has found.
8 Oct 19Boards aimed at improving local wellbeing of citizens must start “thinking and acting differently” to achieve their potential, the Welsh Auditor General has said.
6 Sep 19Ministers should make extra public health funding available to councils based on demographic factors, a think-tank has suggested.
12 Jul 19Cases of type two diabetes in children and young people in England and Wales have soared by 47% in the last five years, according to new research released by the Local Government Association today.
12 Jun 19The government has been urged by two leading charities to reverse £1bn in “short-sighted” cuts to public health funding, which they warn will directly impact long-term health and increase strain on...
28 May 19Our health and social care services will suffer if the government does not invest in public health, says Cancer Research UK’s Alison Cox.
9 May 19Charities, mayors, think-tanks and umbrella groups have called on the health and communities secretaries to increase investment in public health.
11 Mar 19Health minister Nicola Blackwood has announced up to £56m of funding for research into climate change, calling it “one of the biggest challenges” facing public health.
15 Nov 18Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
6 Sep 18Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
4 May 18Funding cuts have left the alcohol treatment sector in England in “crisis”, a report by a charity has said.
12 Mar 18Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has been told to explain to Public Health England how grants of some £10m were used.
23 Jan 18Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
9 Aug 17Alcohol and smoking are not a drain on public finances and actually provide a net benefit of £22.8bn, according to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs.
28 Jul 17Councils have accused the government of “hijacking” the soft drinks levy to plug the hole in education budgets.
