On 09/02/2018 09:08, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Looking at my council tax bill, the foollowing apply

Non adult social care £1376.87
Adult social care precept £69.63
Police & crime commissioner £216.00
District council £174.02
Pa3ish Council £56.65

TOTAL £1893.32

So 72% of my council tax is on 'non adult social care'


What exactly the **** is that?
education?

Everything else that isn't ring fenced for adult social care.

Education, bins, libraries, roads etc.

It would make much more sense if they broke it down into the chunks that
represent 10% of budget and then had a final category "other".

I suppose they are obliged to report how much they spend on adult social
care by the law so that is exactly what they do. It isn't enough which
is why the hospitals are clogged up with elderly people with nowhere
safe for them to be discharged to. Care homes outside the SE are going
bust if they are dependent on mostly local authority for their income.

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Regards,
Martin Brown