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BREAKING NEWS: Neighbourhood health services to target deprived communities

By Lee Peart 09 July 2025

Deprived communities with the greatest need are the first to be targeted with the Government’s roll-out of neighbourhood health services.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Government invests £1.5bn in improving early years and family services

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

The Government has announced a £1.5bn investment in improving early years and family services.

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Premature deaths twice as likely in deprived areas, analysis finds

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

People are almost twice as likely to die before the age of 75 in local authority areas with the highest rates of premature deaths than those with the lowest rates, new analysis has found.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Social care and public health leads local authority third-party spend

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

Social care and public health led local government third-party spend in 2024, new figures have revealed.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Family Hubs to open in every council area

By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

The Government has announced a plan to open 1,000 Sure Start-inspired Family Hubs by 2028 to help deliver support to parents in every local authority area in England.

SOCIAL CARE

Government letting down families on social care, says Dilnot

By Lee Peart 07 July 2025

Professor Andrew Dilnot has accused the Government of ‘letting down generations of families and social care workers’ by not implementing social care reform.

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Council SEND transport spending to soar to £2bn

By Lee Peart 02 July 2025

Council spending on home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is predicted to reach nearly £2bn this year.

SOCIAL CARE

Soaring costs add to pressure for social care reform

By Lee Peart 02 July 2025

A new poll highlighting pensioners’ fears over social care costs has added to pressure for faster reform.

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10-Year Health Plan to offer enhanced role for local government

By Lee Peart 02 July 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the 10-Year Health Plan this week will offer local government an enhanced role in health.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Work with us to deliver 10-Year Health Plan, say councils

By Lee Peart 01 July 2025

Cllr Louise Gittins, chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), will today call on the Government to set up a new national-local coalition to help deliver neighbourhood health models that put...

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