Pressure on council budgets for adult and children’s social services has contributed to a £2.2bn “black hole” in their finances, local government leaders have warned.
An extra £663m is needed for older people’s and adult services, £599m for children’s services and £669m for antisocial behaviour, housing and pensions, the Local Government Association said in its annual statement on council tax.
The LGA said increasing demands from the government had not been matched by extra resources.
Town hall finances enter ‘black hole’
November 3, 2005 in Adults
More from Community Care
Related articles:
Featured jobs
Workforce Insights
- Working with perpetrators of domestic abuse: training social workers to have challenging conversations
- Extending support: the importance of reflective supervision beyond the ASYE
- ‘It’s hopeful work’: social work in an adults’ mental health team
- Podcast: supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism post-pandemic
- ‘There aren’t many roles where you get to take a child on holiday’: the benefits of residential care work
- Workforce Insights – showcasing a selection of the sector’s top recruiters
Community Care Inform
Latest stories
Finley Boden: professionals should have protected baby murdered by his parents, review finds
Regulator calls for consistency of support for NQSWs as DfE develops children’s early career framework
Leadership training programme launched for PSWs, AMHP leads and principal OTs in adults’ services
Kent ‘extremely close to capacity’ to care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
Comments are closed.