Alcohol abuse time bomb revealed
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× BARNSLEY’S councillors collectively pocketed almost £1m in the last year through annual allowances and expenses, figures obtained by the Chronicle revealed.
There are 63 councillors, three in each ward, and each received a basic allowance of £11,620 in 2020/21 - a rise on last year’s £11,309 according to a report.
However, it is only £645 more than they were paid a decade ago.
Back then, in response to huge budget cuts from central government, councillors voted to cut their own pay by five per cent, and it didn’t increase at all until 2015/16.
In addition to their basic allowance, some councillors receive special responsibility pay for carrying out extra duties, such as serving on the council’s ruling cabinet, or chairing committees such as planning or licensing.
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BARNSLEY’S rate of hospital admissions due to alcohol continue to rise and are now the worst in the region, new data shows.
The figures, released by Public Health England, show there were 2,180 hospital admission episodes due to alcohol-specific conditions in the borough - a rate of 895 per 100,000 - last year.
This is the second-highest rate in Yorkshire and the Humber, and an increase of two-thirds over the rate from 2009/10.
Among under 18s, Barnsley has the second-highest rate of hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions - where the diagnosis is wholly attributable to alcohol - after Kingston-upon-Hull, with 85 cases, a rate of 55.9 per 100,000.