Adult Social Care Funding: A Local Or National Responsibility?

23rd March 2018

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a report about social care in England but has many similarities with what is happening in Scotland.

The government plans to abolish general grant funding for councils from 2020, meaning councils will depend on council tax and business rates for the majority of their general funding. But revenues from these taxes are unlikely to keep pace with the rising costs of adult social care services, leaving councils with increasingly tough choices about which services to prioritise.

An introduction with links to the full report and a summary can be found at - https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/12857