CCN Launches New Business Plan To Support Councils In County Areas
The County Council’s Network (CNN) has published its new business plan and vision for the organisation, outlining its support to member councils and reinforcing its…
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Local Government
CQC Outlines Updated Assessment Approach for Local Authorities
Following government approval, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published details of its updated approach to assessing how local authorities in England meet their duties…
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Councils are Raiding Financial Reserves to Fund the Costs of Increasing Social Care Support, Report Finds
An increase in adult social care spending on provider fees and people receiving support has come at the cost of weakening financial health of English…
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LGA to Drive Major New Public Health Improvement Programme for English Councils
A major new local authority public health improvement and support offer is to be led by the Local Government Association (LGA) over the next three…
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New Report Reveals 10% Year-On-Year Increase In Care Home Fees
A new report released by carehome.co.uk, Caring Britain: How the care home landscape is changing, reveals how the UK’s care home market is evolving amid…
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Councils Call for Spring Funding Boost to Break Cycle of “Managing Crisis” in Social Care
Social care, along with schools should be at the front of the queue for any additional funding flowing to Wales following the UK Government’s Spring…
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Local Government at Its ‘Financially Weakest’, Warns LGA Ahead of Spring Statement
The Local Government Association (LGA) is urging the Chancellor to use the Spring Statement to further stabilise council finances, warning that growing cost and demand…
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Government Commits to Paying 90% of Councils’ SEND Deficits
The government has outlined how it intends to manage councils’ accumulated special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits and has announced it will pay 90%…
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Government Launches Consultations on Social Care Restructuring Affecting 28 English Councils
The government has initiated consultations on reorganising social care responsibilities across approximately one-sixth of England’s council areas, potentially affecting thousands of social care professionals. The…
Read more...Emergency Government Bailouts Needed By Third Of Councils Over Next Three Years LGA Survey Reveals
More than a third of councils – and almost half of social care councils – responding to a new Local Government Association survey say they…
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Councils: Care Pay Plan Must Be Affordable and Workable
Councils have today called for a collaborative role in negotiations to improve the pay and conditions for care workers, with local authorities fearing they are…
Read more...£78bn for Councils in Turning Point Settlement to Cut Deprivation
England’s councils will have almost £78 billion made available for essential services next year with more money going to places with the greatest need under…
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New Report Reveals Regional Disparities In Demand For Care
A new report released by care website carehome.co.uk, entitled Ageing Britain: How Demand for Care Homes is Changing, sheds light on evolving trends in the demand for older people’s care across the UK.
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Social Care Reforms “Doomed to Fail” Unless Government Measures True Cost of Inaction Say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs has warned that attempts to reform adult social care are doomed to fail unless ministers accept major investment is needed…
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Unitary Councils Must Cover ‘At Least’ 500,000 People To Save Billions, Report Reveals
New analysis has backed up government proposals for the creation of new unitary councils in England – but new authorities must cover areas of ‘at…
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