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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.