Cost pressures on the estimated increase in spending on adult social care in 2025/26

Source: Institute for Government analysis of NHS Digital, ‘Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England 2023-24’ (‘Appendix C, Table 5’) and MHCLG, 'Local authority revenue account budget data', 2024/25 and 2025/26 and Nuffield Trust, 'Will the autumn budget push adult social care beyond breaking point?', 2024.Notes: The data in this chart is for England only. It adjusts the impact of the national living wage (NLW) to avoid double-counting for inflation. 'Economy-wide inflation' here refers to the GDP deflator.Get the data Download image
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