Social workers expecting ‘significant cuts’ to social care funding over coming 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 “significant cuts” to social care funding in their area in 2024-25, a Community Care poll has found.
This is despite the government allowing councils to raise expenditure on services in general by £4.5bn next year, a 7.5% in cash terms or 5.7% in real terms, dependent on authorities maximising increases in council tax.
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