Counties warn small-scale councils could ‘break’ social care and hit taxpayers

Counties warn small-scale councils could ‘break’ social care and hit taxpayers

Councils have submitted competing proposals for reorganisation and are awaiting Government approval.

CCN: Social care faces reorganisation ‘triple whammy’

Plans to split large councils into smaller unitary authorities could hit vulnerable people with worse services, higher costs, and staff shortages, CCN warns.

‘Make or break’ for social care as councils warn of a ‘triple whammy’ of risks from government reorganisation plans - County Councils Network

Splitting county councils into multiple small unitary councils could hit millions of vulnerable people with a triple whammy of worse services, higher costs for care, and not enough staff to deliver support, a new report warns. The County Councils Network (CCN), which commissioned the research, say the report’s findings are a stark warning for the government if it does not stick to its original plans of creating councils with populations over hal…