Funding for UK high streets expanded to more towns as PM promises additional cash to boost local growth and attract new businesses
Funding
Continuing Healthcare fund provides care packages to elderly or disabled people with debilitating illnesses
Boris Johnson’s ‘cash bomb’ to fund new hospital beds is not new money and has already been saved, according to leaked letter
Grants to fund wheelchair ramps, stairlifts and other adaptations are given to more people than ever as spend increases 352%
Institute will help fund special projects led by universities and commissioning groups to help vulnerable people live at home for longer
LGA reminds Prime Minister that social care funding is desperately needed too in wake of £850m fund announced for hospital equipment and beds
£1.8bn boost to NHS capital to be spent on upgrading hospitals with new equipment and beds to ease the pressure on frontline staff and social care services
Fund has already freed up over 1,000 NHS beds and reduced delayed discharges but can now do more to aid independent living with cash injection
Councils in rural England struggle to raise enough money to fund adequate equipment and adaptations for elderly
Damning report claims disabled people will lose £1,200 a year amid benefit reforms which could impact on their ability to live independently
