Adult social care set to produce 'perfect storm' in Studley - The Redditch Standard

Adult social care set to produce 'perfect storm' in Studley

Redditch Editorial 5th Feb, 2016 Updated: 18th Oct, 2016   0

THE issue of adult social care is set to produce ‘the perfect storm’ for society – that was the warning from Warwickshire county Councillor Clive Rickhards (Lib Dem, Studley) to his local parish council.

Coun Rickhards said the county had already planned to cut £16 million from its budget but due to a poor Revenue Support Grant from Central Government was facing the prospect of cutting a further £5 million.

To cover costs he said the county was likely to approve a 3.99 per cent increase in its council tax take – putting about £50 on the bill of a typical house in Alcester and Studley – to pay for adult social care.

He added: “This should produce an additional £4.6 million, however this will be inadequate and will create, what the leader of the county, Councillor Izzi Secombe calls the perfect storm – how adult social care is going to be financed.”




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