{"id":42965,"date":"2017-02-05T07:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T00:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/system-is-close-to-failure-as-pms-council-raises-tax-for-social-care\/"},"modified":"2017-02-05T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T00:18:14","slug":"system-is-close-to-failure-as-pms-council-raises-tax-for-social-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/system-is-close-to-failure-as-pms-council-raises-tax-for-social-care\/","title":{"rendered":"System is \u2018close to failure\u2019 as PM\u2019s council raises tax for social care"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nProsperous authorities like Theresa May\u2019s constituency in Maidenhead and nearby Surrey look to local taxpayers to fill a gapIn her first speech as prime minister last year, Theresa May pledged to govern for those who found themselves \u201cjust about managing\u201d to survive financially. With Britain\u2019s overstretched and underfunded social care system at breaking point, she can add the council in Maidenhead, her Berkshire constituency, to that growing list.The Conservative-run royal borough has not raised council tax for almost a decade, but this year residents will have to pay the maximum 3.95% increase allowed without a referendum of the sort planned by neighbouring Surrey county council. This, say town hall bosses in Maidenhead, is enough to ensure it does not have to cut any of its social care services. But even on May\u2019s doorstep in this prosperous corner of Berkshire, the warnings from senior council figures are stark: Surrey is \u201cthe canary in the coal mine\u201d and a complete rethink of Britain\u2019s social care model is needed \u2013 fast, they say. \u201cSo far, we\u2019ve managed,\u201d says Maidenhead councillor David Coppinger, its cabinet member for adult services and health. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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