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Budget 2017 brings an extra £2bn for social care-Comments
Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his first Budget, which the Treasury says will prepare Britain for a “new chapter” in its history after Brexit. The Local Government Association says councils...
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Lack of money for social care is alarming – Budget 2017
Michelle Mitchell, Chief Executive of the MS Society, said: “This Budget will come as a huge disappointment to people with MS. The additional NHS investment, while welcome, falls far short of the extra...
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Budget 2017 is a huge disappointment for those who depend social care
Following today’s Autumn Budget, presented to Parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, United Kingdom Homecare Association’s Chief Executive, Bridget Warr CBE,...
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Request for cross-party action on social care ignored in Budget 2017
Today’s budget has completed a nasty double-whammy for the country’s oldest and most vulnerable, a social care group says. Philip Hammond’s budget speech contained no mention of social care, despite...
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Budget 2017 fails to mention a sector on the brink of catastrophe says...
A coalition representing 20% of the care sector for people with learning disabilities, Learning Disability Voices, is deeply disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond remained...
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Budget fails the elderly stuck in hospital due to social care funding
The President of the British Geriatrics Society commented that the budget ‘failed to address the critical issue of delayed transfers of care for older people by increasing funding for social care’ at...
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