BudgetMar 8 2017

Social care funding increases

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Social care funding increases

The government pledged more cash for social funding but failed to deliver any clarity on who pays what now.

In his first – and final – Spring Budget chancellor Philip Hammond announced additional grant funding of £2bn will be given to social care in England over the next three years.

The first billion will be available in 2017 to 2018.

However it is not just about money but strategy, according to Mr Hammond, who also promised there would be a green paper on social care.

However he clarified the green paper will not include "exhuming Labour's heated death tax". 

Mr Hammond said: “The social care package I have announced today will help to free up beds by easing discharge of elderly patients.

“That is one of the two big pressures on our hospitals.”

emma.hughes@ft.com