Council are not making cuts to vulnerable, Joe Mooney tells the world via BBC Berkshire Options

[Richard Garvie]

Joe Mooney was on BBC Berkshire this morning telling everyone that he "doesn't know of the cuts" that I speak about, but the council are actually investing more on adult social care. For you Joe, let me explain the cuts that you are making to ASC:

5 Day Centres closing, four being "reshaped", cuts to support groups etc: £2.2m
180 staff cuts (140 care workers): £4.4m
Bus service and concessionary fare cuts: £200,000

Other cuts to vulnerable people:

Education budget cut by 8.4% (£872,000)... Didn't Barbara Alexander come out before Christmas saying there would be no cuts to education?
Youth Service cut by 18.5% (£496,000)

There will also be a further £2.9m cut to adult social care in next years budget.

I would suggest that our Adult Social Care portfolio holder needs to be better informed, or needs to stop misleading people.

[Andy Capp]

I still have to say, we would need to see how things are on the balance sheet. We otherwise have to assume in good faith that the cuts are unavoidable, but I am sceptical that is truly the case.

[NWNREADER]

I still have to say, we would need to see how things are on the balance sheet. We otherwise have to assume in good faith that the cuts are unavoidable, but I am sceptical that is truly the case.

You imply WBC may be setting their budget incorrectly when so many others are doing the same? Or is the reality the WBC methodology is not so evil as some believe/charge?