A charity has warned many older and disabled adults in South Gloucestershire face going without care services needed for a “basic quality of life” due to cuts to the local authority’s budget.
Access Social Care said its analysis of South Gloucestershire Council’s annual budget had found that £4.6m had been slashed from South Gloucestershire Council’s budget this financial year (April 5, 2021, to April 6, 2022).
The organisation added that cost-cutting plans published by the council showed that by 2025/26 the authority would be balancing a £22.5m budget shortfall, within which at least £2m would be cut to the adult social care budget - with further cuts predicted.
