"Lancashire's Reform-run council has been accused of selling off the family silver with plans to save 4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and selling off the land. One of the care home residents, a 92-year-old woman, said she would leave only by being forcibly removed or in a box. The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would kill his mother and vowed to quit the party if the closures went ahead."
"Reform UK took control of Lancashire county council (LCC) from the Conservatives in May, winning 53 of the 84 available seats. In June, the cabinet voted to let in Reform's Doge unit of cost-cutters, but they have yet to arrive amid wrangles over data protection. Reform says it needs to find 103m of cuts in Lancashire, and the cabinet has agreed to find adult social services savings of about 50m over the 2025-26 and 2026-27."
"One of the homes is Woodlands in Clayton-le-Moors in Accrington. The council says it would need to spend 1.39m bringing it up to scratch. Dorothy Devereux, 92, a former nurse has lived in Woodlands for 12 years. She said she was devastated by the proposals and insisted she would not leave without a fight. This is our home, she said. Where are we all going to go?"
Reform-run Lancashire County Council plans to close five council-run care homes and five day centres to save about £4.16m a year and sell the land. Reform UK won control of LCC and the council says it must find £103m of cuts, targeting roughly £50m from adult social services across 2025-26 and 2026-27. LCC currently spends about £545m annually on adult social care and has launched a consultation proposing to move residents into other premises and increase care at home. Residents and relatives strongly oppose the moves and questions have been raised about a cabinet member’s private care company.
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