Adult social care is on a ‘slide into unsustainability,' with a growing proportion of directors reporting overspends and funding gaps being filled using one-off reserves, a new report has warned.

This year's Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Survey report revealed nearly two-thirds (63%) of councils in England overspent on their adult social care budgets in 2022-23, with 72% of those using one-off reserves to fund the gap.