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| Coventry council to cut 140 jobs and close care home | Coventry council to cut 140 jobs and close care home |
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| Coventry City Council has unveiled plans to save £22m, including closing homes for people coming out of hospital and cutting about 140 care jobs. | Coventry City Council has unveiled plans to save £22m, including closing homes for people coming out of hospital and cutting about 140 care jobs. |
| The authority needs to save £3m this financial year, £8m in 2014-15 and £15m for 2015-16. | The authority needs to save £3m this financial year, £8m in 2014-15 and £15m for 2015-16. |
| Other plans include withdrawing funding to outside care organisations. | Other plans include withdrawing funding to outside care organisations. |
| Alison Gingell, cabinet member for health and adult services, said: "Our top priority is to protect the most vulnerable." | |
| She admitted most of the 140 care jobs would be frontline staff, but some managers will also lose their jobs. | She admitted most of the 140 care jobs would be frontline staff, but some managers will also lose their jobs. |
| "It's regrettable and not what we'd choose," said Ms Gingell. | "It's regrettable and not what we'd choose," said Ms Gingell. |
| The Labour-led authority is planning to decommission either Jack Ball House in Henley Green or George Rowley House in Canley, the two remaining bedsit accommodation facilities in Coventry. | The Labour-led authority is planning to decommission either Jack Ball House in Henley Green or George Rowley House in Canley, the two remaining bedsit accommodation facilities in Coventry. |
| About 23 people stay in each house, many of them long-term tenants. | About 23 people stay in each house, many of them long-term tenants. |
| Eric Williams House in Whoberley, the only remaining council-run residential home focussing on dementia care, is to stay open. | Eric Williams House in Whoberley, the only remaining council-run residential home focussing on dementia care, is to stay open. |
| About 800 jobs at the council have already been cut over the past two years and another 800 are at risk over the next two years. | About 800 jobs at the council have already been cut over the past two years and another 800 are at risk over the next two years. |
| A three-month public consultation on the latest round of cuts will run from September to November. | A three-month public consultation on the latest round of cuts will run from September to November. |