Claim: Deprived areas are facing the most significant cuts to adult social care budgets.
Fact-check: Are the most significant council budget cuts in deprived areas? - Full Fact
Verdict: council spending on adult social care hasn't reduced on average as steeply as for some other services, but the reductions have been highest in areas with the greatest need, according to the institute for fiscal studies.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-05-19T00:00:00