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Without immediate investment and a long-term funding strategy, the situation will only deteriorate. Ensuring adequate resources to support working-age adults equally must be a government priority.

Councils are facing unprecedented financial challenges, with the increases to employer National Insurance Contributions likely to add significant costs for councils and the wider sector.

Properly funded preventative services would mean councils, working closely with partners and people drawing on support, can maximize the impact of their resources and address community needs. This will also drive down demand for more expensive acute health and social care support.

In its submission to the consultation on the 10-year plan for the health service, the LGA says that a standalone plan which prioritises and recognises the full value of adult social care is crucial to giving the Government’s ambitions for our NHS the best chance of success.

The LGA responds to the publication of the Terms of Reference for the Casey Commission on the future of adult social care.

The LGA responds to a Health and Social Care Select Committee report on the cost of inaction on reform of adult social care.

This survey starkly shows councils are caught in the impossible position of having to choose between meeting people’s complex care needs and supporting other people’s wellbeing to prevent their needs from escalating. In this situation, councils cannot deliver the Government’s ambition to shift care from hospital to community without sustainable funding for adult social care.

"A chronically underfunded social care system not only adds pressure to other public services, but more importantly, has a profound impact on people who draw on care, resulting in widespread unmet need."

“The care workforce plays a fundamental and valued role in supporting people who draw on social care to live the independent lives they want to lead."

"Growth in the care workforce is a positive reflection of recent progress in improving capacity, stability and quality in the sector. However, urgent action is still needed to tackle long-standing serious recruitment and retention challenges, particularly around fair pay, access to training, and employment rights for all care workers.