Adult social care tops long-term financial pressures for councils

Adult social care tops long-term financial pressures for councils
Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive, LGiU

Adult social care has been rated as the leading long-term financial pressure for local councils in England, the 2019 State of Local Government Finance Survey has found. It was named the most urgent problem by more than a third (37%) of authorities surveyed, followed by housing and homelessness (17%) and environment and waste (17%). In terms…

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