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Social care requires partnership not adversity between local government and charities

John Tizard — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:49:25 +0000

Over the last several years, public services have been squeezed as austerity and public expenditure cuts have dug ever deeper into budgets, even as demand for services has increased. And social care has been squeezed more than most. Most social care is funded by local government. Spending on adult social care services by local authorities… Read More »

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The Role Of An Active State Should Be At Heart Of The General Election

John Tizard — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:05:36 +0000

There is a week to go until a critical general election. The electorate faces some stark choices, not least in terms of policies for public services and the taxes to fund them. Without rehearsing the Conservative and Labour Parties’ manifesto commitments, it is safe to say that Labour would follow a traditional (dare I say… Read More »

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Social Care – The Government Must Act To Close The Funding Gap

John Tizard — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:45:30 +0000

The current crisis in social care in England (and let’s be under no illusions, for ‘crisis’ is what it is) should come as no surprise. Demand and need for social care, especially but not exclusively, for elderly people, has been rising for many years, and is forecast to grow at accelerating rates for many more… Read More »

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