Labour run Wigan Council closes more care centres - profits before care

Despite the objections of disabled residents,  Labour run Wigan Council has continued to bash away at the services it provides to the most vulnerable in our community.
Incredibly the council has decided to close day centres in Wigan borough to improve social isolation and loneliness, with even more work being put out to private companies.

The following will remain open;
Central Day Centre,
Etherstone Day Centre,
Broadmead Day Centre,
Selkirk hub,
Hunter Lodge Day Centre

But the following will close;
Fourways Day Centre and Assessment Centre in Tyldesley
Heath Road Day Centre in Ashton-in-Makerfield
Heathside Day Centre in Leigh.
The Ullswater service, which currently runs from Broadmead, will also stop running
Future Steps and Chapter One, services currently delivered by Wigan Council, will be put out to tender, further increasing the use of private companies by the Council to deliver care.

Cllr Keith Cunliffe, cabinet member for adult social care and health at Wigan Council (you may remember him, the heavy smoker who led the Councils stop smoking campaign) has admitted that the council will save money and it was one of the reasons for the change.
He also admitted, as he has done so before, that many of the buildings Labour run Wigan council operates from, are old and not fit for purpose.

UKIP Wigan opposes the use of private companies to deliver care for profits and says services for the elderly and disabled should be improved on and not closed.