Ahead of today's mini-budget, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said a tax hike - introduced in April to pay for social care and tackle the NHS backlog - will be reversed from 6 November.
"Care can't close, it can't economise any more than it already has, it has to keep going, keep helping people and keep supporting the NHS.A perfect storm amid the cost of living crisis
With a new prime minister and health and social care secretary in place, he added:"It is time for a fresh, bold new start on tackling the crisis in social care - they have been talking the talk, now let's see them walk the walk." Earlier this week the County Councils Network , which represents 36 mainly Conservative councils, also called on Ms Truss to honour her commitment.
It said services face a"perfect storm" of staffing shortages, fewer available beds, higher costs, and rising demand, meaning people are waiting for longer for care, at a time when there is the perception that social care has been"fixed" by the reforms already announced.could add £3.7 billion to the costs of delivering social care - more than double the expected rise.
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