I have explained, and we have recognised in the settlement, the pressures on social care budgets. I have also explained how in the settlement to local authorities, and through specific grants from the Department of Health, we are trying to support councils in dealing with those. Double damping will unwind, which means that over time any gap will be reduced and then closed.
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
John Healey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 December 2007.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Local Government Finance.
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2007-08
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