Spending pledge for social care too

Care England and Independent Care Group
IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
(020) 7492 4844
18 December 2019

Ahead of tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech the Independent Care Group and Care England have called upon the Government to commit to a spending pledge not just across the NHS, but across adult social care too

Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group (IGC), says:

“This is a new Government with a clear majority and now we need to see it turn its attention to domestic issues like social care and give us some strong commitments to deliver on the pre-election pledges.  Almost £8bn has been cut from social care budgets since 2010-11 and the new Government must act now to reverse that decline”.

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