deprived areas will be able to raise too runt additional revenue to form any incompatibility,says influential thinktankGeorge Osborne’s decision to use local rises in council tax to offset cuts to social care will lead to thousands more vulnerable older people missing out on vital services, an authoritative new analysis has found.
Allowing local authorities to raise council tax by 2%, and which the chancellor announced in last month’s spending review,will widen the gap in provision between richer and poorer areas and raise at most only £800m a year – far less than the £2bn he predicted – according to the King’s Fund.
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Source: theguardian.com