Cuts proposed even with 5.9%

council tax increase

Adult Social Care

• Over £2million cuts to support for people with learning disabilities

• £1million cut from Resource Centres which care for older people as they are discharged from hospital

• Reviews of services for older people in the community to save £743,000

• Uncertainty for people with mental health needs in residential care

• Funding for private and voluntary care providers squeezed

• £200,000 cut to Able & Willing subsidy

Culture, arts, democracy

• Entry charges to all museums for visitors from outside the city

• Higher charges at libraries

• Overview and Scrutiny team scrapped: loss of opportunity for citizens to challenge the way the council works

Children’s Services

• Nearly £1million cut from children’s social work teams

• School transport service for children with SEN to be cut by £500,000

• Over £1million of other cuts to services for children with SEN & disabilities and their families

• Reduced play service funded from council tenants’ rents and health funding

• Higher charges for council-run nurseries

• Privatise management of the Community Learning Service

• Cut subsidy to music service by £126,000

Environment and Housing

• Over £1.3million cut from Supporting People funding, which helps vulnerable people live independently

• £907,000 cut from housing services for council tenants

• Cuts to 7 subsidised bus services on routes 18, 21, 38A and 84

• £92,000 cut from Cityclean budget

• £106,000 less for parks and open spaces

• Over £250,000 cut to planning – mainly through job losses

• Higher parking charges and an end to cash payments for on-street parking

• Staff cuts in Occupational Therapy team which assesses housing needs of disabled people

Finance, Resources and Law

• Cut to Council Tax Reduction scheme, so that households will have to contribute nearly twice as much as last year out of their low incomes

• No Council Tax Reduction for anyone with savings over £6,000 (down from £16,000)

• No Council Tax Reduction for people who share a house with others on low incomes

• Double contribution required of adult children still living at home

• Cuts to staff who help vulnerable people make claims

• Reduced training and security for benefits staff

• Move to 100% online claim system

• Higher charges for funerals, less maintenance of cemeteries

Public Health and Community Safety

• £158,000 cut from community safety teams who work with local communities to deal with drugs and crime

• Health & Safety team to be replaced with self-funding services (so higher charges for pest control etc). Noise investigation service to end.

Additional cuts with

a 2% council tax

increase

Adult Social Care

• A further £1million cuts to support for people with learning disabilities

• Reviews of services for older people in the community to save a further £650,000

Children’s Services

• Closure of four Children’s Centres

• End to universal services based at Children’s Centres and libraries

• 25% cut to funding of play service

• Cuts to youth work posts

• Cuts to council nurseries like Tarnerland

• Cuts to playschemes, after school clubs

Environment, transport, planning & housing

• Review of Cityclean & Parks, possibly leading to mechanisation of street cleaning and cuts to gardening in parks

• Closures of public toilets and reduced opening hours

• No more new tree planting

• £700,000 cuts to Supporting People services for vulnerable residents

• Cuts to staff working to improve energy efficiency of housing in the city

Finance and Public Health

• Benefits counters and phone lines to be open for 25% shorter hours

• Less data gathered to support anti-crime and community safety initiatives