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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...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%…
Read more...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...More than a third of councils – and almost half of social care councils – responding to a new Local Government Association survey say they…
Read more...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...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…
Read more...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.
Read more...New analysis has backed up government proposals for the creation of new unitary councils in England – but new authorities must cover areas of ‘at…
Read more...The UK Government has confirmed that local authorities across England will receive a total public health grant of £3.66 billion for the financial year 2024-2025,…
Read more...Significant plans to make devolution the default setting across a range of government policy areas, as part of the English Devolution White Paper, have been…
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