Are personal budgets really the way ahead for social care?

He had a personal budget of £200,000 (worth some £10m today).

Social Workers have repeatedly offered to my mother and me a personal budget for her.

Draw up your own personal budget for a typical week.

In addition, there may be options for using personal budgets.

A personal budget is like a diet plan for your finances.

We're rolling out personal budgets to the people who receive care.

The move to personal budgets and direct payments should help, but let me get back to you.

Now change the monetary values in your personal budget into percentages.

If you have a job, your personal budget for a week might look something like this:

These are weighted according to their share of the household budget.

"We're more careful now," she said of their household budget.

They're supporting Democrats at the expense of the household budget.

Moreover, only about 16 percent of the American household budget goes for food.

Women are more likely to exercise control over the household budget.

What happens if you divide a household budget this way?

But if balancing the household budget is so simple, why doesn't it work for whole economies?

During these difficult economic times, families across the nation have huddled around the kitchen table making tough choices about their household budget.

He did the man's jobs around the house and was consulted about the household budget.

No problem: Take the needed extra money out of the wife's household budget.