Nottingham city councillors say the Government's 'failure' to fund adult social care is one of the main reasons why they are planning to raise council tax by 5%. A gap of £32 million in Nottingham City Council's budget next year means that the authority has launched a consultation on a range of cost-cutting measures to try and fill it.
As well as the savings proposed, including the withdrawal of the wheelchair hire service from the Victoria Centre, the council is planning to increase council tax by 5%. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his budget that local councils will now be able to increase council tax by 4.99% without a referendum, and Nottingham City Council is planning to do so for the next two years.
The authority then plans to raise council tax by 2% for the following two years. Within the 5% tax increase, 2% of it goes towards funding adult social care specifically.
