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Chancellor pledges £2bn funding boost for social care
Despite fears that social care would face deep cuts in today's Comprehensive Spending Review plans (Oct 20), Chancellor George Osbourne has revealed that social care will receive a boost from an additional £2bn of funding.
There will be a boost of £1bn by 2014/15 and a further £1bn through funding via the NHS and a key aim is to encourage local authorities and the health service to work together to stop elderly people "fall through the crack between the two systems".
Mr Osbourne said: "Some in local government have concerns about the financing of social care.
"I can announce that grant funding for social care will be increased by an additional £1 billion by the fourth year of the Spending Review.
"And a further £1 billion for social care will be provided through the NHS to support joint working with councils – so that elderly people do not continue to fall through the crack between two systems.
"That’s a total of £2 billion additional funding for social care to protect the most vulnerable."
For more information see:
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spend_sr2010_speech.htm
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