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The deputy leader of Somerset Council says a funding announcement from the government has put them in an "even more difficult situation".
Somerset Council is looking into selling properties, raising council tax again and reducing services to help plug a £100million 'black hole'.
Somerset Council is looking into selling properties, raising council tax again and reducing services to help plug a £100million 'black hole'.
Somerset Council is warning that it will have to draw on reserves for the second successive year to fund the rising cost of both Adult and Children’s social care.
IF Somerset Council spending on care continues at the same level, the viability of the authority could be at risk within two years, it has warned.