The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU)'s State of Local Government Finance 2020 report warns that councils will no longer be able to “shield” children from funding cuts and pressures on services.
More than a third (36 per cent) of councils surveyed named children’s services as their top immediate pressure.
“Over the last few years we have seen children’s services and education cement its place at the top of the list of immediate pressures, ahead of adult social care which remains a significant long-term pressure,” states the LGIU report.
“Given that adult social care is still under immense pressure and the government has not yet delivered a sustainable funding system for it, rather than adult social care becoming a less urgent issue this suggests that councils are no longer able to shield children from the worst of the budgetary pressures.”
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