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<p>We recognise that demand for social care is growing and this was a consideration
in last year's Spending Review.</p><p>The Spending Review settlement provides up to
£3.5 billion of new support for adult social care by 2019/20 - greater than the £2.9
billion that the Local Government Association estimated was needed for adult social
care in their Spending Review submission. The vast majority of councils have already
taken advantage of the opportunity to introduce a new Social Care Precept, which allows
them to increase council tax by 2% above the existing threshold. By the end of the
Parliament, this will raise up to £2 billion that must be spent exclusively on adult
social care. In addition, by 2019/20 an extra £1.5 billion per year will be available
for inclusion in the Better Care Fund.</p><p>Taken together, the Social Care Precept
and the Better Care Fund will mean local government has access to the funding needed
to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p>
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