Jobs axe and cuts unveiled
New chief executive of Blackpool Council, Neil Jack
TOWN hall chiefs today unveiled savings of £10.6m in next year’s budget – with 75 jobs set to be axed from the council.
The brunt of the savings – £5.8m – will be found in social services with tighter controls on eligibility for adult social care and a review of care packages for people with learning difficulties.
Increased charges will also be introduced for some adult care services.
But £2m is also being slashed from back office costs and almost £1m is being saved by slimming down the senior management structure.
A total revenue budget of £144.2m is being proposed, but council leader Coun Simon Blackburn has pledged to freeze the council tax for the second year and said compulsory redundancies would only be considered as a “last resort”.
Blackpool’s grant from Government has been cut by 6.3 per cent this year to £81m, a reduction of £5.4m.
Miss World has left the building and Miss Management has taken the rains. Petty Party Politics has again taken over from reality and short term memories have overtaken prudence, planning and thrift. Socialst economics mixed with envy and hatred of job creators and entrepreneurs will leave the coffers as bloated as any Brownie economist can devise. " Not my fault, Guv! I don't vote."
The brunt of the savings – £5.8m – will be found in social services with tighter controls on eligibility for adult social care and a review of care packages for people with learning difficulties.
Increased charges will also be introduced for some adult care services.
But £2m is also being slashed from back office costs and almost £1m is being saved by slimming down the senior management structure.
A total revenue budget of £144.2m is being proposed, but council leader Coun Simon Blackburn has pledged to freeze the council tax for the second year and said compulsory redundancies would only be considered as a “last resort”.
Blackpool’s grant from Government has been cut by 6.3 per cent this year to £81m, a reduction of £5.4m.
Miss World has left the building and Miss Management has taken the rains. Petty Party Politics has again taken over from reality and short term memories have overtaken prudence, planning and thrift. Socialst economics mixed with envy and hatred of job creators and entrepreneurs will leave the coffers as bloated as any Brownie economist can devise. " Not my fault, Guv! I don't vote."
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