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Bristol savings target increased

Bristol City Council has added £8m to its savings target to cover social care cost pressures after drawing up a ‘worst-case scenario’ financial plan.

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By Dan Peters | 15 June 2016

Bristol City Council has added £8m to its savings target to cover social care cost pressures after drawing up a ‘worst-case scenario' financial plan.

The council had already planned to make savings of £36m by April 2017 – as outlined in its 2013 to 2017 medium-term financial plan - with another £60m budget hole left to fill before 2020.

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