SAVAGE cuts to save Notts County Council £33m can today be revealed by the Evening Post.

A leaked report shows all council departments will be forced to make major cuts to services.

These include plans to sell off all the residential care homes, axe 470 jobs and close day care centres.

Other proposed measures include:

£10m of savings to services provided for elderly and disabled adults.

Axing the Dial a Ride service, a taxi for elderly and disabled people, to save £364,000.

Selling off 13 residential care homes over the next two years to save £1.65m.

Increasing the cost of meals provided to older people from £2.35 to £3.95.

Cuts of £5m to children's services.

Closing three household waste recycling centres at Gedling, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Stapleford.

Shutting four day care centres.

Ending the Weeks of Action initiative to save £410,000.

Increasing the day care transport charges for older and disabled people from £2.15 per day to £4.

Introducing charges of £4 per day for people to use day care services which are currently free.

Bringing in self-service at 15 libraries, saving £525,000.

Saving £450,000 by not replacing staff who have already left employment at the Customer Services Centre.

Introducing a £50 charge for residential parking permits, to be paid every two years.

Laying grit on icy roads 6mm thick, rather than the current 10mm.

Reducing the amount of times bus shelters are cleaned.

Cutting the number of County News publications to four issues per year, saving £100,000.

The council says it has to save £85m during the next three years.

Financial pressures include a growing elderly and disabled population, which has led to a £15m shortfall for next year alone, and £6.8m of increased costs for safeguarding children in light of the Baby Peter case.

The authority is also looking to fulfil a Tory manifesto pledge of not increasing council tax.

Further implications for staffing numbers are expected for the 2011/12 budget as the authority looks to save £32m that year.

And a further £20m needs to be found to balance the budget the year after.

The report, by council leader Kay Cutts and one other senior politician, also details investments by the council such as £5.1m to be spent during the next three years maintaining street lighting.

Drains will get £1.5m of improvements to reduce flood risks.

Schools, libraries, days centres and other buildings will get an investment of £4.5m to improve health and safety. This would aim to reduce risks of asbestos, Legionella and fires by fitting sprinklers, fire doors and new plumbing.

Up to £9m is to be set aside for the Building Schools for the Future scheme to plug a shortfall in Government funding.

Chief executive Mick Burrows said: "Like every other council in the country, we face a huge challenge – how to provide good quality services and respond to the ever-growing demands for social care, while dealing at the same time with the worst recession in a generation.

"We have done what we can to save money without directly affecting our service users.

"Although we are saving £33m, we will be investing an extra £31.1m of this saving directly back into caring for the most vulnerable people in Nottinghamshire next year.

"These are proposals at this stage and people will have the opportunity to have their say until January 22, 2010."

A consultation is being launched to get feedback. Visit www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/budgetforthefuture or write to Budget Consultation, NCC, Freepost, NG428, Nottingham, NG2 1BR. Alternatively find out more about how to respond by calling 08449 808 080.

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