COUNCILS are facing a £10 billion “coronavirus black hole” and the equivalent of 225,000 adult social care places could be lost if the government breaks its funding promise, Labour warned today.

Shadow communities and local government secretary Steve Reed warned that a government U-turn on funding for local authorities  would be a “catastrophe for social care.”

Up to 178,000 long-term adult social-care places for over-65s and 47,000 short-term places would be affected.