Fears cash-strapped council may cut services for vulnerable children Northamptonshire County Council scrambles to save £70m amid warnings even core services are at risk.
The funding crisis facing local authorities has deepened after a Tory-run council warned services for vulnerable children and adults can no longer be protected as it prepared drastic measures to survive ongoing financial difficulties described as “without parallel in modern times”.
Northamptonshire county council – already technically insolvent – has called an extraordinary meeting for Wednesday to seek support for cutbacks which will reduce statutory services to the bare legal minimum and see non-core services shrunk or closed. Continue reading... The Guardian
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The funding crisis facing local authorities has deepened after a Tory-run council warned services for vulnerable children and adults can no longer be protected as it prepared drastic measures to survive ongoing financial difficulties described as “without parallel in modern times”.
Northamptonshire county council – already technically insolvent – has called an extraordinary meeting for Wednesday to seek support for cutbacks which will reduce statutory services to the bare legal minimum and see non-core services shrunk or closed. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Northamptonshire County Council 'ignored 2015 crisis warning' BBC Northampton
- Crucial meeting will determine service 'priorities' ahead of county council cuts Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Children's services likely to be big loser in Northamptonshire County Council cuts Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Attempt to stop county council spending due to 'financial crisis' was ignored THREE years ago Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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