Gloucestershire Conservatives accused by £ in two years for adults with learning difficulties 4 million of services of hitting the most vul...
Gloucestershire Conservatives accused by £ in two years for adults with learning difficulties 4 million of services of hitting the most vulnerable in District Court.
In 2015/2016 Budget Gloucestershire County Council for adults with learning difficulties, they decreased by £ 2.1 million in 2016/2017 to £ 1.8 million.
Offers a new interface for 2017/2018 - the budget was reduced to £ 48.583 million for.
Liberal Democrats attacked the county now controlled by conservative Council to take the most vulnerable in Gloucestershire.
However, accused the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats "do politics of fear" by and say, find more people with learning disabilities employment.
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Councillor Iain Dobie, Chairman of the Board of Health and Care Tips (LD, and Warden Leckhampton Hill) said that there was a decline in the number of people with learning difficulties obtained a full reassessment of their needs in the last twelve months.
He said: "The human rights of people with a learning disability to live an independent life, was threatened by these cuts These cuts cause fear and anxiety in many people with a learning disability and their families ..
"The Conservatives propose the most vulnerable in our country.
"I ask the Conservatives to think again, and not to impose a further reduction of the budget in 2017/18."
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The draft budget shows the amount of "public mental health 'output - the work includes to prevent mental illness - could fall by £ 130,000.
Councilman David Brown, Liberal Democrat shadow for the long-term care (LD, Barnwood and Hucclecote) said: "The human cost is enormous - while some people with learning difficulties with such a cope able cuts and are adaptable to changes in the support that have received them, many will not, and be your life more difficult, more painful and less satisfactory result. "
Councillor Kathy Williams, Cabinet Member with learning disabilities in Gloucestershire County Council (C, Longlevens), said the agency has been working for years to make savings in their budgets learning problems.
"One of the main ways that we have done is that people with learning difficulties to help with job search, rather than forcing them to kindergarten," he said.
"It helps people with learning disabilities to live independently - it also saves taxpayers money, which can be used to support other vulnerable persons.
"I am surprised that the opportunist politicians and the Liberal Democrats could that bad news claiming -. But I think that the upcoming elections, they are desperate, it's a shame they have to play the politics of fear with vulnerable people. "
