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Hammond comes under renewed pressure on social care

Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social care in this week’s Budget.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social care in this week's Budget.

The cross-party Communities and Local Government Committee, chaired by Labour MP Clive Betts, urged the chancellor to free-up short-term cash to help overcome the immediate social care funding crisis - and to produce a long-term plan to address the issue amid rising costs to local authorities.

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