Charging people for care generating more and more income for councils

Councils significantly raised their income from charging people for care last year, government data has revealed.
English authorities raised £4.7bn in client contributions in 2024-25, up 14% on the £4.1bn raised in 2023-24, according to the annual adult social care finance report, published by the Department of Health and Social Care.
This was a faster rate of growth than the 9% rise in councils’ gross expenditure on adult social care, which increased from £27.1bn to &pou