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IFS implores action over growing social care funding chasm 20/03/2018 The Government will need to scrap its funding reforms, significantly boost top-ups or centralise care if it is to plug the social care funding gap, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned today.
EXCLUSIVE: Finance settlement 'shambles' after provisional data wrong 18/01/2018 The local government finance settlement has descended into a shambles after it emerged allocations in the provisional document were wrong, The MJ can exclusively reveal.
Social care funding plea amid NHS crisis 04/01/2018 Social care directors have warned delays to operations and hospital admissions will continue without a long-term sustainable funding solution for their sector.

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Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

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