Extract from Commons Opposition day debate on Local Government and Social Care Funding - Apr 24

Thursday, 25 April 2019 08:32

Julie Cooper (Burnley) (Lab):...The council is consulting on cuts to the welfare rights service. There are proposals to remove respite breaks for parents of children with life-threatening conditions and to end the audit of Child safeguarding services. The budgets for social care, fostering, adoption and the youth offending team are all being cut. There are reduced budgets to support looked-after children, and so it goes on... To read the whole debate, CLICK HERE...Request free trial