Time to pay your way

摘要

It won't do just to rehearse the facts again. They have been well-taught: all the actors have learned their parts by heart... Local authorities have reduced their social care budgets by £4.6bn in the past five years, while adult social services have taken £l.lbn out of their budgets in 2015/16 alone. That, in a context where demand is increasing, more people are growing older, more are living with complex and multiple needs.