The Conservative-controlled authority cut back on spending in January and has raised council tax.
North Northamptonshire Council cited a predicted £30.9m overspend by Northamptonshire Children's Trust, with the council picking up £13.6m of that.The large bill is in part due to the high costs and demand for placements for children in care, which has incurred costs of £24m over its budget.
A large chunk of the Conservative-controlled authority's overspend also comes from the £12.8m third-party payments to independent residential and nursing homes.operating under spending controls since January. Lloyd Bunday, the council's executive member for finance and transformation, said: "We recognise that it is and will continue to be a challenging time, but we will be working hard to balance our finances while maintaining vital services.
"Everybody accepts that the biggest risk to this council is the demand-led services and, unfortunately, we have a finite amount of money that we can spend and finite resources, and I think we've got to work on that and encourage the Children's Trust to work on that as well.The overall projected position for the general fund is a net overspend of £11.
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