Lancashire County Council warnsof savage cuts

[annie]

LANCASHIRE County Council bosses last night warned its services will be cut to the legal bone with even street lighting at risk.

Leader Jenny Mein said residents faced “shocking, frightening and unprecedented” reductions in its provision.

She promised to protect the most vulnerable but warned expected government cuts in grants could leave only statutory services in place by 2017/2018.




These include adult social care, children’s services, free bus passes for pensioners and waste disposal.


Cllr Mein admitted street lighting – a non-statutory service faced cuts.

She added: “We will keep some of the lights on some of the time.

“These cuts in government grant are shocking.

“The reductions in service we face making are shocking.

“They are unprecedented and will leave a county council provision that is unrecognisable even compared to when we took power in 2013.

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[wendy]

We have had all that so it was a surprise to see it is only just happening in LAncs.
Here I believe today they have said social care will not be cut in Norfolk but we already have lighting cuts.

[annie]

They are just in the process of removing all the lamps down the central reservation of the M65 which runs between Preston and Colne

[wendy]

That is disgusting
What about the m25?
Do they still have the lights?