Council spending on adult social care services dropped by 1% in real terms in 2013-14, the latest figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show. Over a five year period from 2008-09, expenditure has decreased by 3% in real terms, most sharply when budget cuts introduced by the coalition government post-2010 began to bite.
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