CM Local Authorities

More than half of requests for financial support for community care services from new clients resulted in no direct support from the relevant council,...

The Department of Health has refused to comment on the Care Quality Commission's concerns about the stability of the adult social care market. A spokeswoman,...

The Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report highlighting the fragility of the adult social care market has been welcomed across the sector, prompting...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has become the latest body to warn that the adult social care market is approaching a tipping point. In...

As well as highlighting the fragility of the adult social care market, the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report, published this morning, also...

The move, which has been agreed in principle by its cabinet, would see its 12 homes, which have been run by Bupa Care for...

Local authorities, alongside partner organisations, can apply for a share of a new £25m fund to help people with learning disabilities in their areas....

Supported living housing will continue to be exempt from the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap until 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions has...

Funds raised from the introduction of the social care precept have failed to cover the cost of implementing the National Living Wage (NLW), the...

Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that almost all councils decided to introduce the social care precept last month. Of the 152 local authorities in England with adult social care responsibilities, 144 had utilised some or all of the 2% precept on council tax bills.