In 2021 the government pledged "at least" £500 million for reforms, to be spent on training places and technology over three years.
But that figure is now £250 million, according to the Department of Health.
A coalition of charities said this cut is "just the latest in a long series of disappointments" over social care. BBC News
See also:
- Millions cut from funding commitments for social care Evening Standard
- Halving social care workforce funding in England an ‘insult’, ministers told The Guardian
- Tory ministers accused of ‘insult’ to social care as reform funding halved The Independent
- Millions cut from promised social care funding labelled ‘an insult to the sector’ ITV News
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