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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jacob Phillips

Adult social care must be ‘modernised’ to help London councils on brink of bankruptcy, says care minister

Care minister Stephen Kinnock - (PA Archive)

Adult social care must be ‘modernised’ to help London councils on the brink of bankruptcy, a health minister has told the Standard.

Care minister Stephen Kinnock has said “we need to take a fundamental look” at how care homes, mental health support and other similar services are funded as boroughs face mounting costs to take care of some of their most vulnerable residents.

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