Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres

ByVanshika

Nov 6, 2025

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Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company Lancashire’s Reform-run council has been accused of “selling off the family silver” through its plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into the private sector.One of the care home residents, a 92-year-old woman, said she would leave only by “being forcibly removed or in a box”. Continue reading…

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