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<p>During this Parliament, Government has taken steps to address the immediate pressures
on the social care system, including giving councils access to up to £3.6 billion
more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, which councils can use to
provide vital services for older people and working age disabled adults. In addition,
the budget announced a further £650 million to improve social care services and help
reduce pressures on the National Health Service by supporting older people, people
with disabilities and children in 2019-20. An additional £55 million of capital funding
in 2018-19 for the Disabled Facilities Grant to provide home aids and adaptations
for disabled children and adults on low incomes was also announced at the budget.</p><p>
</p><p>In the longer term the Green Paper will consider the fundamental issues facing
adult social care system, while funding for future years will be settled in the Spending
Review where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered in
the round.</p>
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