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These calculations are based on the latest implied deflators for Households and Non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) expenditure2Office for National Statistics. (2017, January).
New funding was also welcome way back on 9 December, when the Government announced an extra £185 million in support for business and £55 million for sports clubs.
However, the reality is, as we learned last week, that across Scotland, more than 100,000 patients have had to find new GP services because their local practice has closed due to excessive shortages of GPs.
As it is paid every six months, this is multiplied by 26.
CAS = (uprated JSA weekly amount - Carer's Allowance weekly amount) X 26 weeks
This gives a CAS of £231.40 for 2021-22.
Save the Children suggested: “Despite significant progress as a result of the Act, it hasn’t led to fundamental reallocation of budgets, to ensure that child poverty is prioritised in spending as well as in rhetoric. The latest Poverty & Inequality Commission scrutiny recommends urgently reprioritising funding to ensure necessary resources to meet the targe...
She also announced a national expansion of ‘The Chain Gang’—community singing groups supporting people with long-term breathlessness—with 18 new groups being established across three years.