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Lead storyPolicyBBC News · 27 JulNHS will collapse without social care reform, PM tells BBCReform of the funding settlement is the single biggest variable in what providers will be able to invest in their buildings over the next five years.Read at source

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PolicyEvery day I am just winging it: the families hoping for social care reformThe families here are describing the gap providers are expected to fill. Useful context for a home making the case for investment it cannot currently fund.BBC News29 Jul

ProvidersSurvey of adult carers in England, 2025 to 2026A forthcoming release rather than the report itself. Worth a diary note: when it lands it will shape how local authorities describe demand, and demand is the argument that unlocks capital.GOV.UK29 Jul

FundingBurnham does not rule out tax rises to fix social careReform changes what a provider can commit to over a five year horizon. Anyone signing off a capital programme this year should know the ground may move under it.BBC News29 Jul

PolicyAndy Burnham wants to fix social care, what are the options?The clearest explainer of the funding models actually on the table. Each one lands differently on what a provider can commit to spending on its buildings over five years.BBC News29 Jul

PolicyBurnham invites Tories and Lib Dems to social care talksCross party talks are how a settlement survives a change of government. Whether they happen decides if reform is a plan or a manifesto line.BBC News27 Jul

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Survey of adult carers in England, 2025 to 2026A forthcoming release rather than the report itself. Worth a diary note: when it lands it will shape how local authorities describe demand, and demand is the argument that unlocks capital.GOV.UK29 Jul Burnham invites Tories and Lib Dems to social care talksCross party talks are how a settlement survives a change of government. Whether they happen decides if reform is a plan or a manifesto line.BBC News27 Jul Adult social care client level data, England: quarterly updateThe official picture of who is being supported and where. It is the evidence base commissioners quote back at you in a fee negotiation.GOV.UK24 Jul Badenoch says PM must rule out tax rises to fund social care reformHow reform is paid for decides whether it arrives as new money or a redistribution of what providers already receive.BBC News26 Jul Burnham to address social care, youth unemployment and devolutionDevolved commissioning changes who sets fee rates locally, and therefore who a provider negotiates with.BBC News25 Jul Adult social care client level data, England: September updateOccupancy and dependency by local authority. The quiet numbers behind whether your beds fill and at what rate.GOV.UK23 Jul

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