Chancellor told to invest in pandemic-hit services

摘要

Chancellor Rishi Sunak must swiftly invest in the public services hit hardest by the pandemic or face much greater costs down the line, a new report has urged. In a briefing before next week's Spending Review, the Institute for Government (IfG) think-tank and Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) highlighted adult social care, children's social care, schools and neighbourhood services as among nine sectors with massive backlogs or financial challenges.