Somerset adult social care budget cut by £500,000

Somerset County Council has cut about £500,000 from its adult social care budget for 2011-12. Councillors agreed with proposals to take away support for people classed as having low or moderate care needs.

This decision will affect about 500 people across the county.

The authority said everyone who receives care would be reassessed by social workers over the next year and anyone who no longer qualified would be told of other ways to receive help.