We recognise the benefits of raising a proportion of funding for adult social care locally. As we have argued in previous reports, we support greater fiscal devolution. In finding the right balance of funding sources for adult social care, however, we are concerned by the increasing reliance on locally raised tax revenue as currently constituted. In our previous report on local authority financial sustainability and the section 114 regime, we recommended a variety of ways in which the mix of ...

We recognise the benefits of raising a proportion of funding for adult social care locally. As we have argued in previous reports, we support greater fiscal devolution. In finding the right balance of funding sources for adult social care, however, we are concerned by the increasing reliance on locally raised tax revenue as currently constituted. In our previous report on local authority financial sustainability and the section 114 regime, we recommended a variety of ways in which the mix of funding to local authorities could be improved, including: resetting business rates, implementing the Fair Funding Review, 75% business rates retention w Type: recommendation | Number: 15 | Paragraph: 74 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: In December 2021, People at the Heart of Care was published, setting out the government’s 10-year vision for adult social care. These reforms were to be funded by the announced Health and Care Levy, which has since been repealed, but ove