Council Cabinet decides to put up care costs; STUDY ON HISTORIC LIBRARY AND FAILED BID TO SAVE NURSERY.COUNCILLORS have approved a rise in care costs for vulnerable people in Kirklees. Kirklees Council's Cabinet approved plans to increase care charges by 10% for 2008/9. Yet carers' wages will only increase by 2%. A long-term carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → will see their weekly rate rise from pounds 308.15 to pounds 314.30. Home care costs will rise from pounds 8 an hour to pounds 8.50, a rise of 6.25%. Day care chargeswill go up from pounds 6.10 a day to pounds 6.60. For disabled people care will rise from pounds 4.70 a day to pounds 5.20. The charges start on April 7. Clr Margaret Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , Cabinet member for adult services, said that many people would not pay the full charges, depending on their circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or . She said the rates were still cheaper than those of other authorities - with home care costing pounds 9.74 a day in Bradford and pounds 10.86 per day in Calderdale. "Most people don't have to pay the full cost. The charges are based on budgeted costs for the coming year." |
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