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RISE: Worcestershire Lib Dems Cllr Liz Tucker (top right) and Cllr Fran Oborski COUNCIL tax should be raised further to boost funding for social care, the county s Lib Dems have said. Worcestershire County Council s Liberal Democrats have proposed raising council tax by three per cent from April - half a per cent higher than the plans put forward by the authority s ruling Conservatives. The extra half per cent would go directly towards adult social care and looking after some of the county s most vulnerable people. The extra increase would raise a further £1.4 million, the council s Lib Dem group said. The county council s Conservative administration has already proposed increasing its share of council tax by two and a half per cent from April - one per cent of which would go directly to adult social care.
SUPPORT: Artistâs impressions of the Shrub Hill regeneration and medical centre; from left: Cllr Geraghty, Cllr Bayliss, Cllr Agar and MP Robin Walker A MAJOR multi-million-pound bid for government regeneration funding in Worcester has been backed by councillors. Worcester City Council revealed £28 million plans to regenerate several parts of the city including the tired Shrub Hill area building a new medical centre on the banks of the River Severn, hundreds of homes and a new Building Block training centre in Dines Green. The bid was backed by the city council s policy and resources committee on Monday (January 25) and will now be submitted to the government.