Botched care plans could add to council tax bills across Bolton

Botched care plans could add £26 to council tax bills across Bolton



Gordon Brown to make local taxpayers pay the price for
personal care changes


 Deborah Dunleavy, Conservative Prospective MP for Bolton North East warned of a Government plan to leave Bolton Council with a massive bill to pay for new social care plans.

Analysis has revealed that Gordon Brown’s unfunded plans for free personal care at home could put £26 a year on the average council tax bill, on top of other local pressures.

This is due to an estimated £580 million black hole left by the government.

  • Senior councillors in Bury, Blackburn with Darwen, Rochdale, Oldham, Lancashire and many other Councills all over the country from all political party’s have warned that Gordon Brown’s plans “are unclear, unfunded and are likely to have a significant impact on existing local services, including possible cuts and rises in council tax”.

  • Town hall experts at the Local Government Association have added that “this is clearly a new burden” on councils, while Social Services directors from across the country have asserted that Gordon Brown has “significantly underestimated the true costs involved.”

  • On top of the council tax hike, there is also the threat of an additional £20,000 “death tax” by Gordon Brown to pay for new National Care Service proposals.
Miss Dunleavy said:

“Everybody wants to give older people more support in their old age, especially the most vulnerable. That is why Conservatives will introduce a voluntary Home Protection Scheme to allow people – for a one off £8,000 payment – to make sure they never have to sell their home to pay for residential care.
 
“But Labour’s plans to extend free personal care and to introduce a National Care Service are in chaos. Labour ministers in Whitehall are considering levying a compulsory death tax of up to £20,000 on every person in England, and now it looks like they’ll put another £26 a year on Bolton’scouncil tax.  Gordon Brown needs to come clean about who will pay the price for his plans.”


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