Agenda item

This Council believes every elderly or disabled person should receive care appropriate to their personal needs and be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

 

Council is therefore dismayed by Government cuts of £4.6bn to Adult Social Care in the last Parliament, while corporation tax will be cut by £7.5bn over the next five years.

 

Council finds it unforgiveable that the Autumn Statement ignored nationwide calls from local government leaders of all parties, care providers, charities and the NHS to address the social care funding crisis.   

 

Council believes funding for social care should be allocated on need, so is concerned the social care precept announced as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement is little more than a sticking plaster that unfairly puts the burden on local council tax payers and favours affluent areas of the country over more deprived areas.

 

This Council calls for Government to urgently reconsider its corporation tax cut and instead re-direct sufficient additional funding to Adult Social Care in order to provide the social care people in Leeds need. 

 

Council further calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding. 

 

It was moved by Councillor Charlwood, seconded by Councillor Dawson that this Council believes every elderly or disabled person should receive care appropriate to their personal needs and be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

 

Council is therefore dismayed by Government cuts of £4.6bn to Adult Social Care in the last Parliament, while corporation tax will be cut by £7.5bn over the next five years.

 

Council finds it unforgiveable that the Autumn Statement ignored nationwide calls from local government leaders of all parties, care providers, charities and the NHS to address the social care funding crisis.   

 

Council believes funding for social care should be allocated on need, so is concerned the social care precept announced as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement is little more than a sticking plaster that unfairly puts the burden on local council tax payers and favours affluent areas of the country over more deprived areas.

 

This Council calls for Government to urgently reconsider its corporation tax cut and instead re-direct sufficient additional funding to Adult Social Care in order to provide the social care people in Leeds need. 

 

Council further calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding. 

 

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

 

Delete all in paragraph two after “dismayed by” and replace with “successive governments’ failures to increase adult social care funding in line with increasing demand, need and cost.”

 

After “address the” in paragraph three, insert “long standing”

 

Insert at the end of the motion – “Council believes that the care funding crisis and instability of the private care sector mean that the current council policy to transfer all Leeds residential care provision to the private sector is misguided and puts residents at risk.

 

Council calls on the executive member for health wellbeing and adults to amend the better lives strategy to promote a better mix of care providers in the city and a more stable footing for the Leeds care economy.”

 

A second amendment was moved by Councillor Finnigan, seconded by Councillor Varley

 

Delete everything other than the first and last paragraphs and replace with

 

“This Council notes the failure of successive Governments of all political persuasions to deliver a realistic and sustainable financial strategy to provide adequate funding for Adult Social Care.”

 

The motion will therefore read

 

“This Council believes every elderly or disabled person should receive care appropriate to their personal needs and be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

 

This Council notes the failure of successive Governments of all political parties to deliver a realistic and sustainable financial strategy to provide adequate funding for Adult Social Care.

 

Council further calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding.”

 

A third amendment was moved by Councillor C Anderson, seconded by Councillor Stephenson;

 

Delete all after: ‘respect, dignity and compassion’ and replace with:

 

Council notes the funding reductions in Local Government Finance which has emphasised the funding pressures on social care.

 

Council supports the calls from local government leaders of all parties, care providers, charities and the NHS to address the social care funding crisis. 

 

Council believes that a new funding model needs to be introduced as a matter of urgency so as to encourage further reform and innovative solutions to address the funding pressures.  

 

Council calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding.”

 

Motion will read:

 

This Council believes every elderly or disabled person should receive care appropriate to their personal needs and be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

 

Council notes the funding reductions in Local Government Finance which has emphasised the funding pressures on social care.

 

Council supports the calls from local government leaders of all parties, care providers, charities and the NHS to address the social care funding crisis.   

 

Council believes that a new funding model needs to be introduced as a matter of urgency so as to encourage further reform and innovative solutions to address the funding pressures.  

Council calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding.”

 

The amendments in the name of Councillor Golton , Councillor Finnigan and Councillor C Anderson were declared lost and upon being put to the vote it was

 

RESOLVED - That this Council believes every elderly or disabled person should receive care appropriate to their personal needs and be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

 

Council is therefore dismayed by Government cuts of £4.6bn to Adult Social Care in the last Parliament, while corporation tax will be cut by £7.5bn over the next five years.

 

Council finds it unforgiveable that the Autumn Statement ignored nationwide calls from local government leaders of all parties, care providers, charities and the NHS to address the social care funding crisis.   

 

Council believes funding for social care should be allocated on need, so is concerned the social care precept announced as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement is little more than a sticking plaster that unfairly puts the burden on local council tax payers and favours affluent areas of the country over more deprived areas.

 

This Council calls for Government to urgently reconsider its corporation tax cut and instead re-direct sufficient additional funding to Adult Social Care in order to provide the social care people in Leeds need. 

 

Council further calls on Government to initiate cross-party talks to develop an agreed national, long term solution on social care funding. 

 

 

On the requisition of Councillor J Lewis and Ogilvie the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor C Anderson was recorded as follows;

 

YES – 26

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, J Bentley S Bentley, Buckley, Campbell, Amanda Carter, Cleasby, Cohen, Collins, Downes, Finnigan, Flynn, Golton, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Leadley, J Procter, R Procter, Robinson, Stephenson, Varley, Wadsworth, Wilford and Wood.

 

NO – 59

 

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

 

ABSTAIN - 0

 

On the requisition of Councillor J Lewis and Ogilvie the voting on the motion in the name of Councillor Charlwood was recorded as follows;

 

 

YES – 60

 

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

 

NO – 16

 

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

 

ABSTAIN - 6

 

J Bentley, Cleasby, Finnigan, Golton, Leadley and Varley.