Promises of billions of extra pounds for services including education and social care services in Sajid Javid's one-year Spending Review have been welcomed by councils.
However, children's services representatives, charities and early years organisations condemned Javid for not going far enough to reverse the impact of austerity.
The extra funding increases day-to-day public spending by 4.1 per cent for 2010/21, to £13.8bn, but social care alone is said to be facing a funding gap of £6.7bn by 2025.
The Chancellor's funding package includes £1.5bn for social care, a £66m extension of the early years childcare offer, £700m for special educational needs and £30m for tackling online child sexual exploitation.
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