Derbyshire Times news bulletin 15th November

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00Here's today's Derbyshire Times Video Bulletin.

00:03Derbyshire County Council's Cabinet has agreed to introduce a raft of cutbacks and money-saving changes in four key areas

00:10involving care home closures, cuts to learning disability services, community group funding and tighter criteria for home support eligibility.

00:18The Conservative-led Council agreed to approve the redesign of elderly care services,

00:23with the closure of eight care homes and five day centres for the elderly,

00:27under refreshed proposals after studying the reaction to public reaction from over 1,700 respondents in a consultation.

00:35Following further consultation, the Council's Cabinet also approved to discontinue four day opportunity centres

00:41and four short-break residential units for adults with learning difficulties or autism,

00:45and to withdraw discretionary funding for 50 voluntary and community groups.

00:50They also agreed to introduce tighter eligibility criteria for its Derbyshire Healthy Homes project service.

00:56A spokesperson for the Derbyshire group said,

00:59Poor government settlements, inflation, along with soaring post-Covid demand for social care, particularly in older people's care at home,

01:06a growth in working-age adults requiring social care, as well as in children's social care provision and special needs,

01:12has left councils throughout the country needing to reassess almost everything they do.

01:19A new banking hub has been proposed for a Derbyshire town, in premises formerly occupied by a bank.

01:25Planning applications have been submitted to Bolsover District Council,

01:29seeking permission for new shop frontage, air conditioning and signage at 102-104 Market Street in Shirebrook.

01:36The building was occupied by Lloyds Bank until May this year, when the branch closed down after reaching the end of its lease.

01:42The proposal, by Cash Access UK Ltd, is to alter the ground floor of the building to create a banking hub.

01:48The first and second floor will be part of the hub, but unoccupied.

01:51Existing ATM machines will be removed and windows installed.

01:55Cash Access UK Ltd is a not-for-profit company set up by banks and building societies

02:00to enable customers to withdraw cash, make deposits and access basic banking services.