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WHITEHALL

Councils 'best' to decide where to spend £2bn for social care

By Dan Peters | 29 March 2017

Councils have been told they are ‘best placed’ to decide how to spend the additional £2bn the Gov...

HEALTH

Social care demand strategies criticised

By James Evison | 24 March 2017

Poor support and rapid hospital discharge processes for adult social care could be costing counci...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The Government must recognise the value of social workers

By Blair McPherson | 22 March 2017

It is not what is in the Government’s new social work advice note that trouble’s Blair McPherson....

HEALTH

Councils are braced for NHS cash raid

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2017

Local government is bracing itself for a NHS cash grab as it battles for influence over how to sp...

FINANCE

Short-term objectives reap short-term gains

By Tony Kirkham | 22 March 2017

Tony Kirkham says it is vital councils do not use additional social care cash to put off the evil...

HEALTH

Ringfenced grant will help bridge gap

By Sam Clayden | 14 March 2017

Failing to acknowledge deprivation levels and the health of the pop-ulation when devising the bus...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

O'Sullivan named institute chair

14 March 2017

Former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services Alison O’Sullivan has bee...

FINANCE

local authorities must draw on the power of community assets

By Ewan King | 13 March 2017

Ewan King says it is time to push forward with an asset-based approach to social care that builds...

FINANCE

Scrapping DoLS could protect patients and cut costs

By Nicholas Paines QC | 13 March 2017

The Law Commission is urging the Government to scrap controversial DoLS and introduce a new syste...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2017: Hammond announces £2bn social care cash

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised additional grant funding of £2bn over the next three years...

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