Jeremy Hunt told Red Box last week that that local councils had been hidden victims of the funding cuts ANDY RAIN/EPAJeremy Hunt admitted last night that the government had not spent enough money on social care and was now paying the price. During a fractious debate, the foreign secretary said that “some of the cuts in social care did go too far”. The admission came after he had identified the social care crisis as among his top priorities if he were to become prime minister. Andrew Gwynne, the shadow secretary for local government, tweeted: “Jeremy Hunt: ‘I believe we cut social care funding too much’. Surely he meant to say, ‘I’m sorry I cut social care funding too much’?”According to Age…

Source: The Times June 18, 2019 23:01 UTC