Chancellor urged by local leaders to prioritise funding for social care in her spending review after scrapping reforms to the sector
‘We want to reform the social care system… But first of all we’ve got to sort out the mess and fix the foundations,’ Ms Reeves said was accused of plunging families into “unbearable uncertainty” by Sir Andrew Dilnot
“We need the upcoming spending review to prioritise care funding, and local government funding in general.” “Demand for social care is increasing in volume and complexity so it is really expensive and growing in cost significantly each year. We need a strategy that funds councils for the cost of care as they rise.
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