The number of adults in care requiring council help due to depleted funds increased by more than a third last year.
Figures reported by the Labour Party showed that 5,385 people – amounting to an average of 15 per day – approached councils for assistance to pay for social care after running out of money in 2018/19, an increase of 38% on the previous year.
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