During the government's autumn budget it was announced that social care will receive £2.8 billion in funding next year.
Chancellor Jeremey Hunt said the sector will also receive a further £4.7 billion in 2024.
At a time of deep financial uncertainty, this comes as welcome news to the social care world.
Just weeks before the announcement over 90% of local authorities said they expected budget gaps in 2023/2024.
In addition to this funding, it was agreed that planned social care reforms will be paused for two years to ease pressures on local authorities.
These reforms - also known as the Dilnot Commission were initially introduced by former Prime Minister, David Cameron, in 2010.
As a part of these changes, we will see a lifetime cap on care costs of £86,000, as well as a more generous criteria for the social means test.
Mr Hunt said: "I will delay the implementation of these important reforms for two years, allocating the funding to allow local authorities to provide more care packages."
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