Many are living in severe financial hardship and the situation is getting significantly worse as a result of
local authority cuts and welfare reforms, with some hit by the benefit cap because they have taken on more than one child.
At a time when many organisations are in fear of
local authority cuts, the new forum -LSB-...]
In one, private providers of residential care services argued
local authority cuts to fees prevented them from protecting residents» right to dignity.
Local authority cuts are also putting extra strain on home to school transport for disabled children.
Research by leading disability charities on the social care crisis has found that 34 % of working aged disabled people said that
local authority cuts to their social care has prevented them from working or volunteering.
Turning on
the local authority cuts imposed by the Conservatives, the man added: «Because of saving money people are dying.»
Fight against
local authority cuts to youth services and press council leaders across the city to invest in youth centres and out of school support for young people
Rightly or wrongly
local authority cuts were deliberately frontloaded and many central government cuts are backloaded.
«More funding is needed, especially following the virtual demise of legal aid and what is likely to be another round of harsh
local authority cuts in the coming year,» Hawkes warns.
Referred to as «Austerity Schools» by some, the plans aim to reduce the cost of new school buildings by 30 per cent and will help
local authorities cut capital spending.
Parents up and down the country are using Crowd justice — a form of crowdfunding, to fund challenges to
local authorities cutting special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision reports the Guardian.
Not exact matches
Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government
cuts to
local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.
«Barriers to achievements for children with special needs and disabilities rise even higher as savage
cuts to
local authority budgets cause vital specialist support services to be axed.
Those who fail to complete the installation will have their subsidy halved over the next 25 years, meaning the cost incurred to
local authorities as a result of the incentive being
cut early could run to hundreds of millions of pounds.
They also need to stop
cutting school and
Local Authority budgets to ensure there is sufficient professional support available for those pupils who need it.
Local authorities are running out of time to make their data network compliant with government standards before they are
cut off from central government networks.
Southampton city council has become the first big
local authority to ask its workers to take a pay
cut or lose their jobs, triggering a row with unions.
The report also seemed to vindicate concerns about
cutting schools off from
local authority control.
He told the Today programme ahead of the announcement: «I believe it is possible to
cut significant sums out of
local authorities by simply improving the way
local authorities operate.
Mr Pickles wants to persuade
local authorities to demonstrate they are doing all they can to find savings before
cutting frontline services.
If
local authorities are likely to struggle in the wake of spending
cuts, what does the Localism Bill offer by way of positive powers to allow
local groups to set up their own services, and to propose new developments?
No
local authority will suffer more than an 8.9 %
cut between 2011 and 2013.
But youth justice projects are being squeezed or forced to shut down in the face of
cuts to
local authority budgets, NOMS, the YJB and YOTs.
Where the big society is seen by many as a cover for spending
cuts, some of the provisions of the Localism Bill aim to make
local authorities more accountable for the way public money is spent.
Earlier this year, the Bureau revealed
local authorities across England have
cut their spending on domestic violence refuges by nearly a quarter (24 %) since 2010, with some slicing funds by more than a half in that time.
The communities secretary has suggested that although cutbacks are serious,
local authorities will still be able to provide a «reasonable level of services», by
cutting wasteful spending and allowing them to come up with more innovative ways of providing public services.
Charities have warned over and over again that the
cuts to
local authority budgets and welfare reforms would have an impact on society's most vulnerable people, but they have been ignored.
This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school budget
cuts in addition to the loss of vital
local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.
Local authorities have been forced to face the biggest spending
cuts by central government, with 26 % of their budget slashed.
«Huge
cuts to council budgets have left
local authorities struggling to provide
local services and look after our road network, resulting in crumbling roads, vehicle damage and placing the safety of drivers and pedestrians at risk,» she said.
Yet another Conservative council chief has spoken out against the deep spending
cuts imposed on
local authorities by the government.
Other teams have been charged with
cutting unnecessary mandates on
local governments and
cutting government agencies and
authorities by 20 percent.
Cutting local authorities out of the equation will end any meaningful
local planning to target funding to the children who need more help such as those with special needs.
«The biggest threat to the human rights of older people receiving care at home is from
cuts to adult social care budgets and it is very unclear whether tightening eligibility criteria to care will allow
local authorities to continue to meet their human rights obligations,» she said.
Despite the big society rhetoric, in reality, the
cuts to
local authority budgets are
cutting away the pillars upon which the good society is built.
As Frances Crook wrote in the piece which sparked the row: «Prison libraries are supplied and funded by
local authorities and have often been surprisingly good, but so many libraries are now closing and
cutting costs that inevitably the first service to feel the pinch is in prison.»
These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over
local planning decisions and reducing
local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being
cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.
As with music and sport these are subjects that have been severely affected, if not entirely axed, as a direct result of
cuts to schools and
local authority budgets.
Joined by
local fire chiefs and nonprofit service providers, Martins stood on the grounds of the county fire academy in Old Bethpage and said the state - appointed Nassau Interim Finance
Authority «owes the county taxpayers an apology» for spending up to $ 150,000 on a consultant's report listing $ 87 million in potential
cuts.
Yesterday, the
Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten local authority workers - in the wake of the spending
Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten
local authority workers - in the wake of the spending
local authority workers - in the wake of the spending
cuts.
Dan Telvock discusses his report on how the Erie County Water
Authority cut corners in its testing program for lead in the drinking water supplied to most
local suburbs, and the agency's response to the report.
He suggested the public were often misled by stories about «cash - strapped» councils but said there was much more
local authorities could do to «reduce costs,
cut council tax and better serve their
local residents».
The Institute, the professional body representing human resource managers, claims that the official analysis does not include job
cuts to be made by
local authorities, the NHS and other public bodies.
This ministerial appointment should be accompanied by a statutory youth services bill that places new legal duties on
local authorities to provide a professional youth service and consult young people on changes, such as
cuts, closures and removal of services.
O'Connor told those in attendance he supported a bill by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville) that would
cut funding to
local governments that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration
authorities in deportation proceedings.
While the
cuts to
Local Government in the Welsh Government's Draft Budget were less than feared, the Welsh Government's formula to distribute the money to local authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionately
Local Government in the Welsh Government's Draft Budget were less than feared, the Welsh Government's formula to distribute the money to
local authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionately
local authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionately hit.
Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his
authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass
cuts down to
local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.
The conference, and the new report, is to aid
local authorities in developing their
local child poverty strategies to meet the need generated by social security
cuts and reforms, and to look at the opportunities they have to make progress on poverty prevention and reduction.
«Who will provide the specialist support and training schools need to deliver this provision, given that
local authorities and the NHS no longer have the specialist staff and resources to provide this support thanks to savage
cuts to their budgets?
The
local accountability basis of the Framework is a good approach to take, however, smaller
authorities will, because of
cuts, be unable to maintain any road safety targets at all.