This document, which was published on 18 December 2025, sets out an update on the progress of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), from the Review's co-chairs.
The document can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-timms-review-co-chair-update-december-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2892821e-1155-46d8-9852-f2e6dae48985&utm_content=daily.
The Welsh Government asked for views on proposed changes to provider annual returns and applications to cancel registration.
The proposed changes were to make regulations that:-
Set the deadline for a service provider to publish an annual return on its website.
Allowed a penalty notice to be issued when a service provider failed to publish its annual return.
Set out what information a service provider must give to cancel its registration.
The consultation closed on 8 October 2025.
A summary of responses was published on 13 January 2026 and can be found at https://www.gov.wales/proposed-changes-regulation-social-care-services.
The government has 3 objectives for adult social care. These are to: -
Radically improve the quality of care and support.
Enable people to have more choice and control over their care and support.
Strengthen the join-up between health and social care services.
This publication: -
Sets out the government’s expectations for local authorities, from the 2026 to 2027 financial year onwards, to achieve these objectives and pave the way towards creating a national care service.
Outlines the methodology that the Department of Health and Social Care will use to calculate new adult social care notional allocations for all local authorities over the next 3 years to support their budget-setting.
Explains how the Department of Health and Social Care will draw on data and engagement with local authorities to understand how local progress is being mad
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