This is a joint consultation response from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) to the CQC consultation entitled 'Our next phase of regulation'...

ADASS welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Low Pay Commission’s consultation on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) including the National Living Wage (NLW). We would like to respond, in particular, on the impact on the adult social care sector (question 3) and on the economic outlook for adult social care (question 10), with a brief reference to the impact of Brexit (question 12)