Councils call for ‘honest discussion’ on what they should be expected to deliver as new data reveals local authorities spend two-thirds of their budgets on care services. Councils are spending over £200 per person more on children’s services and adult social care compared to a decade ago, with these two services alone now consuming two-thirds of the average local authority’s budget, new analysis shows.

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