Nearly 60 per cent of local authorities slashed drug and alcohol treatment budgets for adults last year - moves described as a "false economy" by a cross-party group of MPs.
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on children of alcoholics is calling for ministers to reverse cuts to local authority funding after collecting the concerning freedom of information (FOI) data from councils.
According to the FOI data, last year councils cut treatment services by four per cent nationwide, while hospitals have seen increasing admissions for alcohol-related conditions for nearly a decade.
Councils reported a projected spend of £507m for 2018/19, down from £526m in 2017/18.
Four local authorities admitted reducing budgets by £1.5m each, while 16 trimmed £500,000 from services.
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