We support the Government’s current stated intention to focus more on prevention to reduce the demand for more expensive acute services in the long term. These preventative services have been weakened by a decade of underfunding in local government. However, bolstering preventative services must not come at the expense of acute services, such as temporary accommodation provision, lacking the funding they need today. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48) 74

We support the Government’s current stated intention to focus more on prevention to reduce the demand for more expensive acute services in the long term. These preventative services have been weakened by a decade of underfunding in local government. However, bolstering preventative services must not come at the expense of acute services, such as temporary accommodation provision, lacking the funding they need today. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48) 74 Type: conclusion | Number: 9 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 37. As set out in the FFR 2.0, the government intends to radically simplify the grant landscape to give local authorities more certainty and flexibility around a greater portion of their income. We consolidated 11 grants worth almost £700 million into the 2025–26 LGFS, and intend to go further and f