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Be clear, Local Authority Treasurers have already to a man and woman, banked this sum to offset social service revenue cuts previously announced. There will be little if any scope for new spending initiatives to contain growing demand (let alone pump priming change).

More positively, full credit to Paul Baumann for clearly setting out the unpleasant truth. He puts his fellow Commissioner leaders to shame for pretending that hacking 5% per annum off providers will magic the problem away.