Care Provider Alliance (CPA) responds the Spending Review
Today, 11 June 2025, the Chancellor delivered her Spending Review 2025 (SR25), which sets out the government’s plans to invest in Britain’s renewal: its security, health and economy.
Responding to the Review, Professor Vic Rayner OBE Chair of the Care Provider Alliance says:
“The government has said that the Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion of funding available for adult social care and support in 2028-29 compared to 2025-26, but it is not clear what exactly that comprises.
“In the House today, the Chancellor spoke of the government’s plans for a new national Fair Pay Agreement for social care and support workers, but she did not announce money ringfenced specifically to fund this agreement.
“It’s imperative for a Fair Pay Agreement to work that long term and sustained ringfenced funding is provided, otherwise the moneys will inevitably need to be taken out of allocations elsewhere, which will lead to difficult decisions on how to fund fairer pay for our amazing care and support workers.”
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Notes to Editors
About the Care Provider Alliance (CPA)
The Care Provider Alliance is a coalition of 10 associations. We advocate for the sector and ensure a coordinated response to the major issues that affect it.
We represent private, voluntary and community sector care providers in England. Some members also represent services in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. The Care Provider Alliance speaks for the whole of the adult social care sector, including care homes; home care services; housing with care; integrated retirement communities; shared lives schemes; services for people with learning disabilities and autism; mental health and community-based support. Members support children, adults of working age and older people. Local authorities, health bodies or private individuals purchase care from providers.
We reach over 95% of all care and support provider organisations, in a sector with 1.6 million employees helping people to live good-quality, independent lives. The scale of our sector’s work is vast, affecting the lives of over 10 million adults at any given time, including people using formal and informal care, care workers, and unpaid carers.
The Care Provider Alliance is an informal body. Members take it in turns to lead the CPA and the Chair changes each year.
For more information on the Care Provider Alliance visit: https://www.careprovideralliance.org.uk/
Contact: info@careprovideralliance.org.uk
