Agenda item

This Council welcomes the additional £2bn of government funding for adult social care announced in the Government’s Budget for 2017/18. Leeds will now receive an additional £28.8m in government grant for social care services over the next three years.

 

This Council believes that retaining a local authority presence within the residential care sector is vital as populations continue to grow older and uncertainty remains over the ability of the independent sector to meet the required standards of Care In Leeds.

 

Council further believes that a complete withdrawal from residential care services in Leeds could be the wrong approach and calls for a thorough review of the Better Lives Strategy to test this view and the outcomes of this review should be brought back to the Executive Board before August 2017.

 

It was moved by Councillor C Anderson, seconded by Councillor Lamb that this Council welcomes the additional £2bn of government funding for adult social care announced in the Government’s Budget for 2017/18. Leeds will now receive an additional £28.8m in government grant for social care services over the next three years.

 

This Council believes that retaining a local authority presence within the residential care sector is vital as populations continue to grow older and uncertainty remains over the ability of the independent sector to meet the required standards of Care In Leeds.

 

Council further believes that a complete withdrawal from residential care services in Leeds could be the wrong approach and calls for a thorough review of the Better Lives Strategy to test this view and the outcomes of this review should be brought back to the Executive Board before August 2017.”

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Golton, seconded by Councillor Chapman

 

To insert at the start of the motion:

 

“Whilst recognising that it is insufficient to meet existing need,”

 

A second amendment was moved by Councillor Charlwood, seconded by Councillor J Lewis

 

Delete all after “This Council” and replace with:

 

“…is concerned one-off funding for Adult Social Care in the Spring Budget is a sticking plaster that does not address the social care crisis caused by years of underfunding and neglect by successive Conservative led Governments. 

 

Council notes seven years of austerity have seen the council’s core government grant cut by £214m, with £52m still to come, and £4.6billion cut from social care budgets nationally in the last Parliament despite rising demand pressures.

 

Council calls on all political groups to lobby the Conservative Government to reduce outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS by repealing the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

 

Council re-states its commitment to expanding in-house recovery and reablement services in Adult Social Care, to protect and hopefully expand in-house council jobs.

 

Council emphasises its commitment to investing £30m capital for health and social care initiatives, and protecting funding for Neighbourhood Networks, to help older people to continue to live independently. This is as well as providing new services like the proposed intermediate care facility at The Green, which will support hospital discharge and help to address pressures on the NHS.

 

Council re-states its commitment to working with partners across the city to improve quality standards and tackle the low pay challenge in the independent sector.

 

Council notes in February 2017 Executive Board agreed consultation on a re-fresh of the Better Lives Strategy, to report back to Executive Board in July 2017 with the aim of ensuring all people with care needs are supported to live their lives with the dignity they deserve. 

 

This Council calls on the Government to confirm local authorities will have full flexibility on how the one-off social care funding will be spent and to put in place a long term, sustainable funding settlement for Adult Social Care.”

 

The amendment in the name of Councillor Golton was declared lost

 

The amendment in the name of Councillor Charlwood was carried and upon being put to the vote it was

 

RESOLVED – That this Council is concerned one-off funding for Adult Social Care in the Spring Budget is a sticking plaster that does not address the social care crisis caused by years of underfunding and neglect by successive Conservative led Governments. 

 

Council notes seven years of austerity have seen the council’s core government grant cut by £214m, with £52m still to come, and £4.6billion cut from social care budgets nationally in the last Parliament despite rising demand pressures.

 

Council calls on all political groups to lobby the Conservative Government to reduce outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS by repealing the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

 

Council re-states its commitment to expanding in-house recovery and reablement services in Adult Social Care, to protect and hopefully expand in-house council jobs.

 

Council emphasises its commitment to investing £30m capital for health and social care initiatives, and protecting funding for Neighbourhood Networks, to help older people to continue to live independently. This is as well as providing new services like the proposed intermediate care facility at The Green, which will support hospital discharge and help to address pressures on the NHS.

 

Council re-states its commitment to working with partners across the city to improve quality standards and tackle the low pay challenge in the independent sector.

 

Council notes in February 2017 Executive Board agreed consultation on a re-fresh of the Better Lives Strategy, to report back to Executive Board in July 2017 with the aim of ensuring all people with care needs are supported to live their lives with the dignity they deserve. 

 

This Council calls on the Government to confirm local authorities will have full flexibility on how the one-off social care funding will be spent and to put in place a long term, sustainable funding settlement for Adult Social Care.

 

 

On the requisition of Councillor G Latty and Buckley the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor Golton was recorded as follows; 

 

YES – 14

 

J Bentley, S Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Campbell, Chapman, Cleasby, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Golton, Lay, Leadley and Wilford

 

 

NO – 61

 

Akhtar, Blake, Bruce, Charlwood, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dawson, C Dobson, M Dobson, Dowson, Dunn, Field, Gabriel, Garthwaite, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, G Hussain, Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lyons, Lowe, Macniven, Maqsood, J McKenna, S McKenna, Mulherin, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Selby, Smart, Sobel, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walker, Walshaw and Yeadon.

 

ABSTAIN – 17

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins,  Harrand, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, J Procter, Robinson, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Wilkinson and Wood.

 

 

On the requisition of Councillor G Latty and Buckley the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor Charlwood was recorded as follows; 

 

 

YES – 58

 

Akhtar, Blake, Bruce, Charlwood, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dawson, C Dobson, Dowson, Dunn, Gabriel, Garthwaite, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, G Hussain, Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lyons, Lowe, Macniven, Maqsood, J McKenna, S McKenna, Mulherin, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Selby, Smart, Sobel, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw and Yeadon.

 

 

NO – 31

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Buckley, Campbell, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, M Dobson,  Downes, Field, Golton, Harrand,  Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, J Procter, Robinson, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Walker, Wilford, Wilkinson and Wood

 

 

ABSTAIN – 3

 

Finnigan, Leadley and Elliott

 

 

On the requisition of Councillor G Latty and Buckley the voting on the substantive motion in the name of Councillor Charlwood was recorded as follows; 

 

YES – 58

 

Akhtar, Blake, Bruce, Charlwood, Congreve, Coulson, Coupar, Davey, Dawson, C Dobson, Dowson, Dunn, Gabriel, Garthwaite, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, G Hussain, Hyde, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jarosz, Khan, J Lewis, R Lewis, Lyons, Lowe, Macniven, Maqsood, J McKenna, S McKenna, Mulherin, Nagle, Nash, Ogilvie, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Selby, Smart, Sobel, E Taylor, Towler, Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw and Yeadon.

 

 

NO – 31

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, J Bentley, S Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Buckley, Campbell, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Chapman, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, M Dobson,  Downes, Field, Golton, Harrand,  Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, J Procter, Robinson, Stephenson, Wadsworth, Walker, Wilford, Wilkinson and Wood

 

 

ABSTAIN – 3

 

Finnigan, Leadley and Elliott