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Social care overspend pushing councils to financial brink

By Lee Peart 17 October 2025

Emergency Government bailouts for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ due to overspending on social care and homelessness services, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

PREVENTATIVE

Government provides £80m funding boost for inactivity trailblazers

By Lee Peart 16 October 2025

An £80m funding boost to expand a scheme to support people back into the workplace has been announced.

SOCIAL CARE

Call for national system to assess people's social care needs

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

A new report by The King’s Fund think-tank has proposed moving to a national system for assessing people’s social care needs such as in Australia, Germany and Japan.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

North East Mayor calls for greater health devolution

By Lee Peart 01 October 2025

More should be done to devolve health, Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness has told a Labour Party conference fringe session.

WORKFORCE

Social care leader blasts 'potentially catastrophic' Farage migrant pledge

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

A social care leader has said a pledge by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) would be ‘potentially catastrophic’ for social care.

NUFFIELD TRUST

Deep inequalities revealed in access to NHS funded care packages

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

Deep inequalities have been revealed in access to NHS funded care packages with an almost fivefold difference between the ICBs with the highest and lowest rates of CHC eligibility.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MPs call for 'root and branch' transformation of 'broken' SEND system

By Lee Peart 18 September 2025

A new Education Committee report has called for ‘root and branch transformation’ of the ‘broken’ SEND system.

PREVENTION

Teenage pregnancies rise for first time in 14 years

By Lee Peart 11 September 2025

Councils have called for investment in prevention after teenage pregnancies rose for the first time in 14 years.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council withdraws legal threat over ICB recovery programme

By Lee Peart 10 September 2025

St Helens Borough Council has said it is no longer considering legal action against NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB over its recovery programme.

NRS HEALTHCARE

Mobilitas acquires NRS Healthcare's product sales division

By Liz Wells 28 August 2025

Mobilitas Group has acquired the product sales division of Nottingham Rehab Limited, trading as NRS Healthcare, which is in the process of being liquidated.