Call for emergency £1bn care fund
In its submission to the Treasury ahead of March’s Budget, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) has urged ministers to deliver £1bn in emergency funding to prop up the social care system. The association argued that more elderly and disabled people would not get the care they need without extra money. Adass also said a survey revealed that 97% of council social services directors believe the Government's December package to boost budgets by £900m would make “very little or no difference” to funding pressures.The Daily Telegraph
