Council tax rises designed to tackle the social care funding crisis will not prevent deep cuts to other local public services, town halls have warned.
Analysis by the Local Government Association published today indicated that 147 out of 151 social care authorities are considering or have approved introducing the social care precept in 2017/18 – a move that would raise around £543m directly for care services.
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