EXTRA funding for social care does not go far enough according to a senior councillor in Leeds.

The city council's Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adults says the additional money will not put an end to the crisis.

Cllr Rebecca Charlwood spoke out this week in the wake of an announcement from the Chancellor of extra funding for councils in England over the next three year for adults social care.

Leeds will be allocated £14,702,309 in 2017/18, £9,430,235 the following year and £4,677.589 in 2019/20.

The council says the spring budget announcement comes at a time when it continues to face the impact of the austerity agenda, with £214 million of core funding cut since 2010 and a further £53m reduction anticipated over the next three years.

It says there have been £4.6billion worth of cuts to social care nationally over the last five years despite rising demand and pressures.

Cllr Charlwood said: "We have continued to call on the government to prioritise social care funding and take immediate action to provide councils with the support they desperately need. I am glad they are now finally listening and have committed this additional funding to local authorities, but this still does not go far enough and does not put an end to the crisis facing social care.

"Despite the massive cuts we have faced as a Council, we have continued to invest in and prioritise social care. We hope that this additional funding will allow us to continue to protect services which support older people in the city to live their lives independently and with the dignity they deserve.

"The government must now, in addition to putting an end to the confusion around their commitment to make this funding available, back this with the guarantee that they will give the Council the flexibility it needs over how to use this money, so that we can continue to effectively support some of the most vulnerable people in our communities."