The LGA's bleeding stumps

The Local Government Association is putting up vulnerable old people as the first to suffer from local council spending cuts, as reported by the BBC here.

The government provided an extra £2bn for social care by 2014-15 in the Spending Review, though there are fears that not all of it will reach the people who need it (if councils choose to spend it on other things).

A fairly clear 'bleeding stump' being proferred by the LGA and therefore I doubt they will have much luck with their campaign - it is too obvious.

However, I do wonder how much of the burden will end up on the NHS instead, which will be undergoing its massive transformation and unable to cope with such a significant additional demand.  If I were the NHS Chief Exec, David Nicholson, I'd want a chat with the LGA...