03 Profile
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Hansard to 10 November 2026 · 31,281 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Adult social care & reform
David Phillips: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
David Phillips
head of devolved and local government finance at the IFS
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press citations on 2 topics since 10 Mar 2026 · last quoted 18 Sept 2026
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David Phillips: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- head of devolved and local government finance at the IFS
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform, NHS waiting lists
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 18 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where David Phillips sits on adult social care & reform
Ranked 40= of 100 voices quoted in the press on adult social care & reform, level with 26 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- NHS waiting lists41= of 100
- 1
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England38 - 2
Vic RaynerSector leaderChief Executive Officer, National Care Forum21 - 3
Phil HolmesSector leaderPresident of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS); Executive Director of Adults, Wellbeing and Culture, City of Doncaster Council18 - 40=Jayne ConnerySector leaderdirector of Care Campaign for the Vulnerable2
- 40=Rachel CackettSector leaderleader of the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland2
- 40=David PhillipsSector leaderhead of devolved and local government finance at the IFS2
- 40=Sally BurlingtonSector leaderChief executive, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)2
- 40=Zena AldridgeClinicianSenior advisor for adult social care nursing, NHS England; independent dementia nurse consultant and Queen's Nurse2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 40=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What David Phillips has said
By outlet · linked articles
- dailypost.co.uk1
- mirror.co.uk1
- walesonline.co.uk1
Where David Phillips has been quoted
- 01UK adults warned of '£40,000' retirement costsmirror.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
- 02Expert warning for families facing unexpected retirement costswalesonline.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
- 03Poorer than England and better off years ago - the damning state of Wales' hospitals and schools revealeddailypost.co.uk · 10 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“Spending on social care this year is forecast to be around 25 to 30% higher in real terms than in 2019-20”
“Social care spending this year is forecast to be around 25% to 30% higher in real terms than in 2019-20... spending has risen by around 4% above inflation on average in recent years.”
“High levels of deprivation can likely only explain part of it too – educational performance, for instance, is lower across the income distribution. Instead, policies and the way services are delivered are likely to play a role.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Moving from care to autonomyDisability Rights UK
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 10 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.