NORTH Yorkshire County Council's leader has welcomed additional funds for the authority's priority services following a year of intense lobbying.
The one year spending announcement by the Chancellor Sajid Javid has addressed the two greatest funding pressures for the county council – services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and adult social care.
The announcement, made on Wednesday, will see an additional £700m nationally for SEN services as part of the extra £7.1bn allocated for schools as well as an additional £1bn for adult social care.
For North Yorkshire this could mean up to £17m in extra cash for these priority areas.
Council leader Carl Les described the funding as 'hugely significant'.
He added: “This shows that the Government has listened carefully to the pressing case we have made loud and clear in recent months alongside colleagues in the County Councils Network.
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