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| Government's extra funding for social care 'will not fill black hole' | Government's extra funding for social care 'will not fill black hole' |
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| The Government has announced it will create a new £240m fund for adult social care and at the same time bring forward the increase in the so-called social care precept, creating what it says will be an additional £900m for social care over the next two years. | The Government has announced it will create a new £240m fund for adult social care and at the same time bring forward the increase in the so-called social care precept, creating what it says will be an additional £900m for social care over the next two years. |
| Communities Secretary Sajid Javid told the house the new fund would come from savings made by reforms to the New Homes Bonus, a scheme that incentivises local authorities to build more housing. | |
| Mr Javid said allowing councils to raise taxes earlier than planned and using the money for social care – the social care precept – will add “£1 a month” to most council tax bills. | Mr Javid said allowing councils to raise taxes earlier than planned and using the money for social care – the social care precept – will add “£1 a month” to most council tax bills. |
| Labour said the sums would not come close to filling the “social care black hole”, which has been estimated at more than £2bn. | Labour said the sums would not come close to filling the “social care black hole”, which has been estimated at more than £2bn. |
| Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat former health minister, said it was “a feeble response to a national crisis”. | Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat former health minister, said it was “a feeble response to a national crisis”. |
| Labour’s Clive Efford said: “We have a gaping wound and the Government has come here with a sticking plaster. It’s just not good enough.” | Labour’s Clive Efford said: “We have a gaping wound and the Government has come here with a sticking plaster. It’s just not good enough.” |