The Fairness Foundation survey, which received 2,052 responses, asked whether respondents, in principle, think it is the role of the Government to provide the funding to ensure that everyone can access a minimum level of provision in seven areas: social care, early years education and care, public transport, social or rented housing provision, lifelong learning, a minimum income and income protection.
When asked to prioritise the seven areas by ranking them from one (fully funded) to seven (not funded at all) on the assumption that only half of the necessary funding to support all seven was available, the highest-ranked areas were social care and early years.
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