Support for babies and care workers
Babies and care workers are to benefit from expanded support from the Government.
social care
Councils at the heart of social care reform
Our adult social care sector is in desperate need of sustainable investment and a proper plan for long-term reform.
Social care left high and dry by SR25
This Spending Review was a missed opportunity to draw a line under the damage experienced by our public services; among other issues, it left social care teetering on the edge.
‘1,700 children’s social care referrals a day’
The LGA is leading calls for adequate long-term funding for children’s social care in the Spending Review, due on 11 June.
Unitary debates and social care commissions
It will be another busy year for local government in 2025.
Unpaid carers
A report from the charity Carers UK has found that 62 per cent of current and former unpaid carers had no choice in taking on their role – equivalent to 10 million adult unpaid carers – because of a lack of alternative care options.
