Notts County Council announce £72m cuts

Nottinghamshire County Council announced plans to cut their adult social care budget by £72m over 4 years this week. The Tory-led Council said the cuts would be made to residential care homes, sheltered housing, women’s refuges and personal budgets for vulnerable people, and that the welfare rights service will be axed.

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The announcement was accompanied by a late night action against County Hall which saw anti-austerity and cuts slogans painted on the building and £10,000 of damage done to windows. The appropriately named leader of the Council, Kay Cutts, described the action as “absolutely disgraceful”. In a communique, those claiming responsibility for the actions said “We will continue to attack in solidarity with all those who are abused by governments and banks in the name of capitalism.”

Next Thursday, the council will meet to discuss and inevitably agree these cuts. This will come the day after the details of the “Comprehensive Spending Review” are revealed by central government. Notts Unison have called a protest outside County Hall and organised transport from around the County.

Other campaigns against the cuts are also building momentum. Tuesday saw a first meeting of anarchists against the cuts take place and the Notts Save Our Services campaign of left parties and trade unionists was launched earlier this month.

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