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21 Dec 15
Local government funding cuts are to ease in the years to 2019/20 compared to the last parliament and will be more evenly distributed across authorities, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal...
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30 Nov 15
What last week’s Spending Review meant for health and social care can be explained in just four numbers.
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23 Nov 15
Half of council finance directors are less confident in the ability to deliver savings than they were a year ago, a CIPFA survey ahead of this week’s Spending Review has found.
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16 Nov 15
Residential care standards in England are threatened by low staffing levels and poor quality training for carers.
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10 Nov 15
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has called for social care and public health funding to be protected in the forthcoming Spending Review, saying to cut these budgets while increasing NHS...
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30 Oct 15
The current system of support for young people leaving care is failing some of the country’s most vulnerable people, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded today.
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23 Oct 15
Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
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12 Oct 15
Urgent steps must be taken to plug the funding gap in adult social care if councils are to continue to provide dignified care for elderly and disabled people, senior local government figures warned...
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21 Sep 15
Groups representing commissioners, providers and users of adult social care have made a joint submission to the government’s Spending Review calling for support for older and disabled people to...
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16 Sep 15
Buckinghamshire County Council set up a wholly owned company in 2013 to help it cut the cost of care provision while creating new revenue opportunities
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2 Sep 15
If the forthcoming government Spending Review was able to protect three key areas of local government funding, councils would be better placed to respond to a range of cost pressures
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10 Aug 15
Three councils are to face a judicial review following concerns that the authorities are favouring in-house foster services over those from external providers.
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6 Aug 15
Local authorities will have to intervene to deal with young people who were supported by two charities that have collapsed in the last week.
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31 Jul 15
CIPFA has launched a new guide to the implementation of reforms to social care provision in Scotland that are designed to lead to greater personalisation of support.
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28 Jul 15
Firms providing home care services across the UK have called on the Treasury to fully fund the £750m cost to the sector of the government’s new ‘living wage’ because they fear...
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21 Jul 15
The government’s decision to pause the ‘capped cost’ care reforms for four years has probably killed off the policy, and represents a tragic waste of time and money for the care...
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17 Jul 15
The number of young people leaving care who are not in education, employment or training has increased in every year since 2007/08, with the current proportion costing the state £240m, auditors...
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15 Jun 15
Councils are footing the bill for local child protection initiatives because the police, NHS and schools do not contribute a fair share of funding, the Local Government Association has claimed today.
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11 Jun 15
Government reforms to the care system have exposed local authorities to increased financial risk due to uncertainty over the level of demand for services, auditors have concluded.
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4 Jun 15
Local authority funding for social care services fell by nearly one-third over the last parliament, an analysis by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has found.
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1 Apr 15
Directors of adult social services have warned that a funding deal is not yet in place to implement the government’s flagship reforms to care provision, despite new duties coming into force today.
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24 Mar 15
Over half of total council tax revenue will be used to pay for social care by the end of the decade, the latest analysis of the future of council finance by the Local Government Association has...
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15 Oct 13
Many councils are struggling to improve their child protection services and need better leadership to bring about sustained improvement in performance, Ofsted has warned today.
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11 Sep 13
Councils have been criticised for ‘turning a blind eye’ when home care providers pay their staff below the minimum wage. But commissioners should and do assume that bids include wage...
21 Dec 15Local government funding cuts are to ease in the years to 2019/20 compared to the last parliament and will be more evenly distributed across authorities, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal...
30 Nov 15What last week’s Spending Review meant for health and social care can be explained in just four numbers.
23 Nov 15Half of council finance directors are less confident in the ability to deliver savings than they were a year ago, a CIPFA survey ahead of this week’s Spending Review has found.
16 Nov 15Residential care standards in England are threatened by low staffing levels and poor quality training for carers.
10 Nov 15Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has called for social care and public health funding to be protected in the forthcoming Spending Review, saying to cut these budgets while increasing NHS...
30 Oct 15The current system of support for young people leaving care is failing some of the country’s most vulnerable people, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded today.
23 Oct 15Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
12 Oct 15Urgent steps must be taken to plug the funding gap in adult social care if councils are to continue to provide dignified care for elderly and disabled people, senior local government figures warned...
10 Aug 15Three councils are to face a judicial review following concerns that the authorities are favouring in-house foster services over those from external providers.
6 Aug 15Local authorities will have to intervene to deal with young people who were supported by two charities that have collapsed in the last week.
31 Jul 15CIPFA has launched a new guide to the implementation of reforms to social care provision in Scotland that are designed to lead to greater personalisation of support.
28 Jul 15Firms providing home care services across the UK have called on the Treasury to fully fund the £750m cost to the sector of the government’s new ‘living wage’ because they fear...
17 Jul 15The number of young people leaving care who are not in education, employment or training has increased in every year since 2007/08, with the current proportion costing the state £240m, auditors...
15 Jun 15Councils are footing the bill for local child protection initiatives because the police, NHS and schools do not contribute a fair share of funding, the Local Government Association has claimed today.
15 Oct 13Many councils are struggling to improve their child protection services and need better leadership to bring about sustained improvement in performance, Ofsted has warned today.
11 Sep 13Councils have been criticised for ‘turning a blind eye’ when home care providers pay their staff below the minimum wage. But commissioners should and do assume that bids include wage...
