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FINANCE

Fixing social care is a crucial mission for all of us

By Ray Puddifoot | 21 August 2019

A new analysis by London Councils shows the capital’s adult social care funding situation is ‘sim...

HEALTH

Improved efficiency saves hundreds of millions

By Naomi Larsson | 21 August 2019

London boroughs have saved almost half a billion pounds in adult social care by improving efficie...

FINANCE

Boosting jobs for older workers could alleviate social care costs

By Michael Burton | 20 August 2019

Social care needs more funding, but the state is missing a trick if it fails to increase employme...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Districts are still waiting for those funding assurances

By Ian Miller | 20 August 2019

The opening of the Treasury's purse since the new Prime Minister came into office may augur well ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Under pressure

By Jonathan Carr-West | 14 August 2019

The tragedy of local government is that over a decade of pressure, the urgent has crowded out the...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Social care feels the squeeze on staffing

By Michael Burton | 14 August 2019

The increasing shortage of adult care staff has been highlighted in two reports last week, with t...

WHITEHALL

Directors urge action ahead of new immigration rules

By Paul Marinko | 13 August 2019

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has urged action as Government cons...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Rising care staff numbers fail to keep pace with demand

By Michael Burton | 06 August 2019

Adult social care has the second largest percentage of job vacancies across the public sector aft...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Report: 580,000 more social workers needed by 2035

By Martin Ford | 05 August 2019

More than 500,000 social care jobs in England will need to be filled by 2035, a new report has pr...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services, adult social care top list of complaints

By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 July 2019

Most complaints about councils received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) i...

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