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ANGRY carers have confronted council chiefs over plans to cut services for some of Southampton’s most vulnerable people.
Carers and organisations representing people with learning disabilities attacked the £1.5m cut proposals as “dreadful.
City council officers denied that plans to close Woodside Lodge care home were linked to its land value at a heated scrutiny committee meeting at the Civic Centre.
As revealed in the Daily Echo, the council put forward proposals to close Woodside Lodge, Kentish Road respite centre and day services for adults with learning disabilities earlier this year.
Labour council bosses are set to vote on the proposals next week, after they decided to press on with the plans, which could see almost 130 jobs go. Another 222 jobs could go next year as the council |battles to plug a £30m gap in its 2015/16 budget.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11647937._It_s_a_shambles____carers__fury_over_cuts/
Carers and organisations representing people with learning disabilities attacked the £1.5m cut proposals as “dreadful.
City council officers denied that plans to close Woodside Lodge care home were linked to its land value at a heated scrutiny committee meeting at the Civic Centre.
As revealed in the Daily Echo, the council put forward proposals to close Woodside Lodge, Kentish Road respite centre and day services for adults with learning disabilities earlier this year.
Labour council bosses are set to vote on the proposals next week, after they decided to press on with the plans, which could see almost 130 jobs go. Another 222 jobs could go next year as the council |battles to plug a £30m gap in its 2015/16 budget.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11647937._It_s_a_shambles____carers__fury_over_cuts/
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