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Social care cuts are already biting, say charities
Social care cuts are already biting, say charities
One in four disabled and older people say their services have been reduced even before the spending cuts next month
- Patrick Butler
- The Guardian, Wednesday 30 March 2011
Nearly one in four disabled and older people have experienced cuts to services and increased charges for care, even before local authority spending cuts are implemented, say charities.
Many families are already being “pushed to breaking point” by reductions to the amount of care they receive, including transport help and respite care, with more than half saying increased charges mean they can no longer afford food and heating.
Thousands begin London march against spending cuts
Thousands begin London march against spending cuts
Ministers say the cuts are necessary to fix the public finances and critics must come up with an alternative.
More than 600 coaches were provided to take people to London on Saturday morning, and marchers set off at 1145 GMT from Victoria Embankment.
Women, parents, carers, disabled people, teenagers and elderly people fear the cuts
Public sector cuts – the truth
Thousands of publicly funded services across Britain are about to be lost, with devastating consequences
The Guardian, Friday 25 March 2011
Sally Pattison with her daughters Rebecca, and Leigh-Anna. She says Hull’s Little Stars centre has been a lifeline.
A week today the cuts will start to bite. As the financial year ends, grants will run out, contracts will wind up, and charities and services will begin to shut their doors. After months of anxiety about the impact of the cuts, the consequences of the government’s rapid deficit reduction programme will begin to be real.
The Guardian gives a slice of what this will mean across the country, highlighting a cross-section of 50 services that will shrink or cease to exist from the end of this month. Most are unglamorous, obscure, unfeted projects, staffed by employees who are not very well paid, but hugely committed to what they do. All of these losses come as a result of the government’s decision to cut spending by £95bn over five years.
