may s tax, borisjohnson said he would fix it but didn t add the latest plans have been delayed, so there are problems in the social care market not being fixed and costs are going up significantly. so what would you like to see from the chancellor in his spring statement? long term reform of social care. we know it needs to be done. also children social care, a form there. there is a green paper coming forward but it does not do enough to solve the problems. the government has been fixated with choice and quite naturally parents will choose the most expensive option for children if they have children with special educational needs, not always the best option, and i think there needs to be more emphasis on there needs to be more emphasis on the skills available within local government to help you plan to help provide the best option for their communities. i provide the best option for their communities. provide the best option for their communities. , . ~ ., communities. i understand.
a report finds liverpool fans were not to blame for the chaotic scenes at last year s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. millions of households will face an increase in their council tax from april, with three quarters of english councils with social care duties planning a 5% hike. hundreds of grassroots football referees tell the bbc they fear for their safety when working, and don t think enough is being done to tackle abuse. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. liverpool got their first premier league win of 2023 after beating everton 2 0 in the merseyside derby, with a special moment for £45 millionjanuary signing cody gakpo who got his first goal for the club. joe lynskey reports.
impact on patients. the bbc has analysed nhs england data on average waiting times in emergency departments over december and january. among the best performing were nhs trusts in northumbria, maidstone and tunbridge wells and blackpool. but patients in hull, wye valley and shrewsbury and telford face the longest waits. and in all the ten worst performing trusts, patients were five times more likely to face a long wait of over four hours than in the best performing hospital. so what explains the difference between the best and the worst? one hospital boss says it s staff, teamwork and investment. we ve got the greatest staff truly dedicated, passionate about the best care possible in extremely difficult and quite challenging circumstances. equally, we ve really worked hard on collaboration and working with our partners across lancashire and south cumbria. lastly, we ve had fantastic investment into the local system,
from excessive increases. what is your response? the from excessive increases. what is your response? the autumn - from excessive increases. what is - your response? the autumn settlement was not as bad as we feared, there was not as bad as we feared, there was some extra money for social care, but that 9% is an average figure across the country, 5% of thatis figure across the country, 5% of that is the council tax rise to the government is only putting on 3% of that increase, meaning we have to find cuts even with putting up council tax by 4.99%. can find cuts even with putting up council tax by 4.9996. can you tell us more about council tax by 4.9996. can you tell us more about the council tax by 4.9996. can you tell us more about the pressures - council tax by 4.9996. can you tell us more about the pressures that| us more about the pressures that councils are facing? councils are facing? there has been a shortaae councils are facing? there has been a shortage of councils are
in their council tax from april, with three quarters of english councils with social care duties planning a 5% hike. hundreds of grassroots football referees tell the bbc they fear for their safety when working, and don t think enough is being done to tackle abuse. good morning and welcome to bbc news. two more border crossings will be opened up to allow aid to flow into northern syria, as it deals with the aftermath of last week s devastating earthquake. the country s president, bashar al assad, agreed to open the routes from turkey after complaints about the time taken for support to reach some regions. millions across syria and turkey