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<p>At the Spending Review it was announced that Government is providing Local Government
with £4.8bn of new grant over three years to meet core pressures in social care and
other services. In addition to this, if local authorities were to use the full flexibility
that we have assumed for the purposes of the Spending Review settlement, they are
expected to have access to up to £1.7bn of additional funding over the Spending Review
period for adult social care through the ability to increase the adult social care
precept by up to 1% each year.</p><p> </p><p>In September the Prime Minister announced
the package of reforms to adult social care – funded through the Health and Social
Care Levy – which committed the Government to investing an additional £5.4bn in adult
social care over the next three years. The Spending Review confirmed that £3.6bn of
the £5.4bn will be available for local government to implement comprehensive funding
reform of the adult social care system. This funding will also enable local authorities
to better sustain their local care markets by moving towards a fairer cost of care.</p>
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