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<p>The 2022/23 provisional Local Government Finance Settlement makes available an
additional £3.5 billion to councils. This is an increase in local authority funding
for 2022/23 of over 4% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country
have the resources they need to deliver key services, including Adult and Children's
Social Care.</p><p>Local authorities can make use of over £1 billion of additional
resource specifically for social care in 2022/23. This includes:</p><ul><li>£636 million
more into the Social Care Grant, including funding for equalisation against the 1%
Adult Social Care precept;</li><li>£63 million into the improved Better Care Fund,
providing an inflationary uplift to support integrated working with the NHS, and;</li><li>a
1% Adult Social Care precept and deferred flexibilities from last year's settlement.</li></ul><p>On
top of this funding to address core pressures, £162 million in adult social care reform
funding will be allocated in 2022/23 to support local authorities as they prepare
their markets for adult social care reform and to help move towards paying a fair
cost of care.</p>
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