Councils in England will receive an extra £150m for adult social care next year, Sajid Javid announced today as he confirmed the local government finance settlement for 2018-19.
Leading local government figures are warning multiple councils could be at risk of financial collapse after a county council dramatically imposed emergency spending controls.
Rotherham Council has “transformed” its children’s services since a report highlighted a series of child protection failings, an Ofsted inspection has said.
Hidden hunger and malnutrition among older people has reached such a scale that social care providers should be put under a new duty to deal with it, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has...
An independent review of health and social care in Wales has called for the creation of a seamless service organised around users and their families, as close as possible to their homes.
Care Quality Commission chief executive Sir David Behan has announced that he is to step down from the role in the summer after six years at the inspectorate.
The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
A child was referred to local authority children's services every 49 seconds last year, the Local Government Association has said, with referrals totalling 646,120.
Jonathan Werran of Localis surveys this week’s reshuffle to discern what can be read into the future direction of local government finance, housing, devolution and social care.
The New Year once again brought honours for a range of public sector leaders and professionals, including the finance directors of the NHS and the Department for Education.
The government has been “unacceptably complacent” in its response to a growing homelessness crisis in England, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
The resignation of Lord Bob Kerslake should serve as a warning to government that more resources need to be pumped into the NHS, says CIPFA's Paul Carey-Kent.
NHS trusts are more prepared than ever for the coming winter but the service is close to full stretch and will be “sorely tested”, the sector has warned.
Demographic changes and public expectations of state support will put more of a strain on the public sector than leaving the EU, say experts. Vivienne Russell reports.
CIPFA has called for urgent action on children’s social care as a survey out today revealed the duty has become the chief concern of upper tier council finance heads.
