FabSwingers.com forum: Fao Leeds Andy.

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

As a non Leeds resident I can only go by what I can find

https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/2018-19%20Revenue%20Budget%20and%20Council%20Tax%20%20report.pdf

If have misinterpreted their data I will happily admit my mistake. If their output is inconsistent then I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong ...

And yes i try not to accept statements without sources so will seek to ratify anything which doesn’t pass the sniff test. Sometimes my nose is wrong. Sometimes it isn’t. However there have been enough times when I’ve seen posters put down factually incorrect information for me not to be sceptical.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

Font of all knowledge - he's an expert on everything! Must be the head of MENSA ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never let the truth get in the way of a good fairy tale .

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good fairy tale .

It's never stopped you before Bob.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good fairy tale .

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tbf the Leeds council disclosure is confusing. It was only because it seemed so high I went digging. I would have taken a less smelly number in face value given it’s a reasonable source of info.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

Font of all knowledge - he's an expert on everything! Must be the head of MENSA ?"

I don’t claim to be. I just have an academic background which means I go looking for evidence of claims.

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By *asyukMan
over a year ago

West London

Remember that councils have a statutory duty to provide certain services. Others are discretionary. Adult social care is one of them.

As local government spending has been cut to the bone then as a natural consequence the proportion spent on these statutory services increases as less money is being spent in other areas.

There is also the demographic shift where older people require more care.

You should have a look at this trend with time. Compare it to total spending (adjusted for inflation) and proportion of the local population over say 65.

I'm sure the data is somewhere but perhaps not specifically for Leeds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

Font of all knowledge - he's an expert on everything! Must be the head of MENSA ?

I don’t claim to be. I just have an academic background which means I go looking for evidence of claims. "

No not you leedsandy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

Font of all knowledge - he's an expert on everything! Must be the head of MENSA ?

I don’t claim to be. I just have an academic background which means I go looking for evidence of claims.

No not you leedsandy."

My bad. I will get back in my box ! Lol

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By *riefcase_WankerMan
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"More research

You’re right. 63% of expenditure is adult social care. I have found this now.

However only 15% of the budget is from council tax with 47% from grants.

My guess is these grants cover a large part of the care cost. So the % of your council tax is not as high as this. But it’s nit clear which set of income covers which costs.

All from Leeds.gov.uk.

Font of all knowledge - he's an expert on everything! Must be the head of MENSA ?

I don’t claim to be. I just have an academic background which means I go looking for evidence of claims.

No not you leedsandy.

My bad. I will get back in my box ! Lol"

That would be your obviously poorer, less-educated, bitter and resentful box, right?

He should change his profile photo to the "considerably richer than yow" character off of Harry Enfield and Chums...

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