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North-South divide in funding for adult social care?
Meals costs leaving a sour taste for Bradford family
Sheila Briggs said her family would be hit hard by the cuts
A family whose meals on wheels cost is almost doubling as a result of social care cuts in Bradford has attacked the changes.
As the council implements savings in its social care provision, £9.1m has been shaved off the adult services budget representing a cut of 7.5%.
Care offers 'life worth having'
12 May 2011 Last updated at 00:44
Care offers ‘life worth having’
Eddie Griffiths takes his son to the Eastham Centre in Wirral
Care for the most vulnerable people in the community is being reviewed up and down the country, as local councils deal with cuts to their budgets from central government.
Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Nick Golding
Thursday 12 May 2011 00:01
A geographical divide has opened up in English adult social care spending with huge cuts in the north but budgets continuing to expand in the south.
