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11 Jun 18
Budget holders may be unable or even unwilling to accept they have financial reponsibilities. There are several ways to address this, says CIPFA’s Lisa Forster.
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31 May 18
NHS trusts in England ended the last financial year with a deficit of £960m - £464m above the projected deficit of £496m, a regulator’s report out today has shown.
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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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24 May 18
Households in the UK would have to pay up to £2,000 a year extra to keep the NHS afloat as it copes with increased demand, a major report out today has warned.
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21 May 18
Emergency care – such as ambulance and A&E - should be the priority for extra health care spending, 68% of respondents to a poll have said.
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18 May 18
Scottish councils have been warned to think carefully before opting to deliver services through arm’s-length bodies, in a report from a public spending watchdog.
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17 May 18
Now the dust has settled - two weeks after the local elections - the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins gives some advice for newly-elected councillors on five challenges they need to address....
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16 May 18
The NHS and adult social care sector should work more closely together – and the latter should be funded in a similar way to the health service, local government figures have heard.
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9 May 18
The care sector is in “precarious state” and needs a sustainable funding plan this year - as well as a public image boost, a group of MPs has warned.
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8 May 18
Many voters will have elected councillors based on local services, likely giving the incumbents the advantage, says the LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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1 May 18
Early years providers in England are struggling to provide the promised 30 hours of free child care because of “insufficient” funding, a survey has found.
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30 Apr 18
Rural England needs more homes that are suitable for an aging population, an all-party parliamentary group has said.
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27 Apr 18
Spending required for drugs is growing faster than NHS budgets, a health charity has said.
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23 Apr 18
Councils will be able to bid for a slice of £4.5m funding to support children living with alcoholic parents, the government has announced.
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11 Apr 18
The Welsh Government has raised the capital limit for social care residents to £40,000.
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10 Apr 18
The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
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10 Apr 18
Council-commissioned public health service workers will also benefit from an NHS pay rise, the government has confirmed.
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6 Apr 18
Charities and umbrella groups have raised concerns over cash-strapped councils’ ability to fulfil their duties under homelessness legislation brought in this week.
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5 Apr 18
The government has underestimated the number of Sure Start centre closures in England by half, the Sutton Trust has claimed in research released today.
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3 Apr 18
The average council tax bill in England in 2018-19 will rise by 5.1% compared to the last financial year, the government has announced.
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30 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council is to use just about all of its reserves in a “last resort” attempt to balance the budget this financial year.
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28 Mar 18
Theresa May has promised she will provide a multi-year funding settlement for the NHS, to a panel of Commons’ select committee chairs.
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28 Mar 18
A cross-party group of 98 MPs has called for a parliamentary commission to come up with a more ‘whole system’ improvement to funding of social care.
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28 Mar 18
NHS finances remain in a “perilous state” and are being “propped up” in the short term with rescue packages, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
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22 Mar 18
Jeremy Hunt has promised an upcoming green paper will “jump start” a debate with the public about how social care should be funded in the future.
11 Jun 18Budget holders may be unable or even unwilling to accept they have financial reponsibilities. There are several ways to address this, says CIPFA’s Lisa Forster.
31 May 18NHS trusts in England ended the last financial year with a deficit of £960m - £464m above the projected deficit of £496m, a regulator’s report out today has shown.
30 May 18MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
18 May 18Scottish councils have been warned to think carefully before opting to deliver services through arm’s-length bodies, in a report from a public spending watchdog.
17 May 18Now the dust has settled - two weeks after the local elections - the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins gives some advice for newly-elected councillors on five challenges they need to address....
16 May 18The NHS and adult social care sector should work more closely together – and the latter should be funded in a similar way to the health service, local government figures have heard.
9 May 18The care sector is in “precarious state” and needs a sustainable funding plan this year - as well as a public image boost, a group of MPs has warned.
8 May 18Many voters will have elected councillors based on local services, likely giving the incumbents the advantage, says the LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
1 May 18Early years providers in England are struggling to provide the promised 30 hours of free child care because of “insufficient” funding, a survey has found.
30 Apr 18Rural England needs more homes that are suitable for an aging population, an all-party parliamentary group has said.
23 Apr 18Councils will be able to bid for a slice of £4.5m funding to support children living with alcoholic parents, the government has announced.
11 Apr 18The Welsh Government has raised the capital limit for social care residents to £40,000.
10 Apr 18The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
10 Apr 18Council-commissioned public health service workers will also benefit from an NHS pay rise, the government has confirmed.
6 Apr 18Charities and umbrella groups have raised concerns over cash-strapped councils’ ability to fulfil their duties under homelessness legislation brought in this week.
3 Apr 18The average council tax bill in England in 2018-19 will rise by 5.1% compared to the last financial year, the government has announced.
28 Mar 18Theresa May has promised she will provide a multi-year funding settlement for the NHS, to a panel of Commons’ select committee chairs.
22 Mar 18Jeremy Hunt has promised an upcoming green paper will “jump start” a debate with the public about how social care should be funded in the future.
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