Most social workers expect cuts to their budgets this year

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Most social workers are expecting cuts to social care funding in their area in 2025-26, a poll has found.
This is despite ministers making £3.7bn extra available to local authorities with social care responsibilities this year, compared with 2024-25, through government grant increases and council tax rises averaging about 5%.
Though the increase in funding for councils was judged to be