Local Authorities: Financial Difficulties Debate
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
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Local Authorities: Financial Difficulties
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend recall that we promised we would fix social care? The problem for local authorities is that the vast majority of their funding goes on providing social care, crowding out other vital services. Until we address the issue of social care, this problem will get worse, and it is worst in those local authorities where the tax base is lowest and the demand is greatest. This is urgently needed, not least because people are not getting the social care they need.
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I absolutely agree with my noble friend. We made changes to local government financing in January, and we listened to local government and its priorities: £500 million of the £600 million extra that was given is going into social care.