Government ‘must prioritise’ council funding
A decade of funding cuts has left council services at breaking point and the social care system on the verge of collapse, MPs have warned.
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New funding for Brexit preparations
The Government has announced £20 million of funding to help councils prepare for Brexit on 31 October – half of it additional to the £58 million announced in January.
‘Tougher sentences for loan sharks’
Debt enquiries have hit a record high, with 12,652 people a week seeking help for problem debt across the UK – the equivalent of one person every 48 seconds.
Cash and devo boost for towns
The Prime Minister has committed more than £1.3 billion of extra funding to support 100 towns across England and help improve transport, broadband and cultural infrastructure.
One-year Spending Round announced
The Government has confirmed that a full three-year Spending Review will be delayed until 2020, with a one-year ‘fast track’ Spending Round to be completed in September.
Councils ‘recognising when things go wrong’
Councils accepted and put in place recommendations for improving services and remedying personal injustice in 99.4 per cent of cases where residents complained to the Ombudsman last year.
£1.8bn for NHS highlights social care funding gap
There cannot be a sustainable health service without a sustainable adult social care system, the LGA has said in response to the recent announcement of a £1.8 billion cash injection for the NHS.