Funding floor for Welsh councils
FINANCE

Funding floor for Welsh councils

By Martin Ford | 20 February 2025

Councils in Wales are to see an average funding increase of 4.3%, following the announcement of the Welsh Government’s Budget.

FINANCE

Financial resilience can't be kept waiting much longer

By Ian Miller | 11 February 2025

Unitary and county councils queuing up for exceptional financial support demonstrates that the ov...

HEALTH

Rays of hope for health

By Katherine Merrifield | 03 February 2025

Katherine Merrifield says that while the Devolution White Paper and the funding settlement set ou...

FINANCE

Three boroughs seek more than £120m financial support

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2025

Three London boroughs have announced in the past week they are seeking exceptional financial supp...

SCOTLAND

Scotland scraps core element of National Care Service

By Lee Peart | 24 January 2025

The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to deliver structural social care reform through a nat...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care delays leading to 'dangerously long' hospital stays

By William Eichler | 17 January 2025

Almost one in seven hospital beds were occupied last week by patients who were medically fit to b...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care reform requires 'political courage'

By Martin Ford | 08 January 2025

The Government’s three-year timetable for reforming social care has been labelled ‘completely unn...

SOCIAL CARE

Councils to be 'accountable' for care improvements as commission launched

By Paul Marinko | 03 January 2025

The Government intends to hold councils ‘accountable’ for improving care in their areas as part o...

REORGANISATION

CCN backs reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2024

The chair of the County Councils’ Network (CCN), Tim Oliver, has backed radical Government plans ...

FUNDING

A lot more to come from the NAO in 2025

By Abdool Kara | 11 December 2024

Abdool Kara says the National Audit Office continued to perform its public duty of supporting acc...

FINANCE

Divert NHS cash to social care

By Martin Ford | 10 December 2024

The Government has been urged to divert NHS funding to ease pressure on local government.

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