Laura Sharman 26 March 2014

County council warns of ‘significant’ risks following Budget announcement

Leicestershire County Council said it must find an extra £27.5m of savings following last week’s national Budget announcement.

The council said it will have to alert MPs over ‘significant’ risks to frontline services, following the chancellor’s announcement that austerity measures will be extended until at least 2018/19.

Byron Rhodes, deputy council leader and cabinet member for resources, said: ‘Our extremely challenging position has now got even starker – the national budget means that we have to save at least an extra £27.5m, due to another year of cuts. It could get worse still, if the Government doesn’t fund its own care reforms.’

The council has already agreed a budget outlining £12.5m savings, but said it must now find an additional £27.5m during that extra year of savings. It also expressed concern over a ‘lack of clarity’ on care costs and changes to private pensions.

The council will discuss a report on this subject on 1 April 2014.

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