The notion that it is appropriate to transfer the burden of cuts to local council tax-payers should be challenged. David Hodge supports his care workers but I would point out the record of Ofsted’s failure of Surrey’s care services. There is virtue in highlighting the savaging of care services by Conservative cuts but an unfair collection of council tax is wrong. This week Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of social care services, has written to all lead councillors with responsibility for adult social care. We have urged them to use the front-loaded precept and adult social care support grant to reach the front line of social care provision by paying realistic fees, based on the true cost of care.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2017 18:54 UTC