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'Unaffordable and unsustainable' care demand creates £14m funding gap

Shropshire Council officers have warned that all services are facing costs next year to cover increases in demand for social care.

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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