Shropshire Council officers have warned that all services are facing costs next year to cover increases in demand for social care.
An additional funding gap of £14m has emerged in the council’s budget for 2020/21, fuelled by ‘unaffordable and unsustainable’ costs for adults’ and children’s social care, growing by £8m to £10m and £5m respectively each year.
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