“Sajid Javid has announced a £240m transfer from the New Homes Bonus to adult social care funding and confirmed that councils would also be able to raise the council tax precept for care by 3% in the next two years.
In his statement to MPs on the local government funding settlement, Javid announced the changes would provide an additional nearly £900m to fund the social care system in the next two years.
This would be made up of a £240m transfer from the New Homes Bonus, which would reflect changes to ensure that councils only received money from the scheme for homes built above a 0.4% national housing growth baseline.
Around £208m extra will be raised by increasing the social care precept from 2% to 3% in 2017-18 and £444m in 2018-19. However, Javid’s statement confirmed that the net increase of the social care precept would need to remain at 6% over the next three financial years, meaning if councils chose to levy 3% in both 2017-18 and in 2018-19, they would not be able to raise a precept in 2019-20. …”
East Devon Watch 
I’m confused…..as I so often am. I thought that the New Homes Bonus went to District Councils? or maybe only part of it does? And County pays for social care not district. Oh dear. EDDC is certainly using NHB to try to plug the huge gap in their finances caused by government cuts to their funding. Surely if NHB is diverted to try to plug a huge gap in social care funding caused by government cuts then the councils will simply have a bigger gap in their finances caused by……oh no… I’m stuck in a loop – help
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