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UK COUNCIL TAX RISES WILL FAIL TO PROTECT ADULT SOCIAL CARE AS SUFFOLK SETS A 1% ASC PRECEPT

'Council Tax Rises in 2019/20 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further cutbacks to the care that millions of older and disabled people rely on every day'.(LGA March 2019) Suffolk County Council like other councils are able to raise council tax by up to 2.99% in 2019/20 to fund local services without the need for a referendum. This is the final year however that social care authorities are able to levy an extra social care precept **, which must be spent on adult social care services.

7 Mar 2019
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