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Covid-19, for example with personal protection equipment and professional support

Supporting providers to • cover the cost of the largest increase to the National Living Wage in the past 20 years.

Other proposals include establishing a “dedicated care home support team across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for two years to support homes where systemic issues are identified, in order to reduce the risk of provider failure and/or largescale safeguarding concerns”.

The council added: “This dedicated team of staff could provide practical support to the homes for a concentrated period to bring practice and documentation up to the required position. They could also work with providers where early involvement is likely to provide a preventative benefit.”

The authority said across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough there are 167 registered residential and nursing homes of which there are a “small number of homes which require focus to address

and respond to quality and practice issues”.

The new joint team would see the recruitment of a manager and five social workers, with three-quarters of the cost met by Cambridgeshire County Council and onequarter by the city council.

Further Covid pressures highlighted in the budget include £2 million due to a “small increase” in the number of children in care.

The report states: “The council is concerned that the impact of Covid-19 will continue to affect families and children and young people with the most complex needs, resulting in a continuing small increase in the numbers needing specialist care and placements over the remainder of the current financial year and into 2021/22.”

The budget also reveals that the council is “proposing to investigate and implement a joint Blue Badge service with Cambridgeshire County Council” which would generate a saving on staffing costs.

And the authority is set to undertake a “review and restructure” of the management

of the city’s Prevention and Enforcement Service across the following areas: city centre, market, strategic parking and parking enforcement.

PES officers are responsible for enforcing anti-social behaviour and illegal parking, among other issues, and the budget noted: “The changes will allow for more resilience and co-ordination across service areas.”

This is due to deliver a saving of £50,000 a year.

The budget will be voted on by city councillors in March with residents able to have their say through a public consultation before that time.

The city council is one of just a few local authorities to set its budget through two stages, with the first phase late last year including plans to tackle £2.7 million of the deficit. Proposals which were approved then included a rise in the charge to collect brown bins for garden waste from £45 a year to £50 and the switching off of some street lights between midnight and 5am.

February 4

Jason Bunting (52) of Newton Road, Sawtry Found guilty of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour

Fined £100, victim surcharge £34, costs £100

Bokul Miah (50) of North Street, Wisbech

Guilty plea to driving with illegal tyres x 2

Found guilty of driving with no insurance

Guilty plea to driving while not wearing a seat belt Fined £350, victim surcharge £35, costs £100. Disqualified from driving for six months

Amber Barnes (26) of Custom House Street, Sutton Bridge

Guilty plea to driving with no insurance

Fined £300, victim surcharge £32, costs £110. Disqualified from driving for six months

Barry Fisher (76) of Aragon Place, Kimbolton Guilty of failing to give information relating to a driver Fined £660, victim surcharge £66, costs £110. Disqualified from driving for six months

Aurelija Kasputyte (35) of Stagshaw Drive, Peterborough

Guilty plea to speeding (80mph in a 60mph zone) Guilty plea to speeding (73mph in a 60mph zone) Fined £111, victim surcharge £34, costs £110. Six points on licence

Rafal Bruzdzinski (45) of Flore Close, Peterborough Guilty plea to speeding (39mph in a 30mph zone) Guilty plea to speeding (38mph in a 30mph zone) Guilty plea to speeding (37mph in a 30mph zone) Fined £100, victim surcharge £34, costs £110. Nine points on licence

Robert Macey (30) of Lythemere, Peterborough Found guilty of failing to give information relating to a driver

Fined £660, victim surcharge £66, costs £110. Disqualified from driving for six months

Dumitru-Andrei Butnariu (32) of Jubilee Street,

Peterborough

Guilty plea to speeding (38mph in a 30mph zone) Fined £66, victim surcharge £34. Three points on licence

Ryan Connolly (33) of Grange Drive, Stotfold Guilty plea to speeding (93mph in a 60mph zone) Fined £530, victim surcharge £53, costs £110. Six points on licence

Joseph Woolford (24) of Tennis Court Avenue,

Huntingdon

Guilty plea to driving without due care and attention Fined £284, victim surcharge £34, costs £110. Disqualified from driving for six months

Leroy Scotney (42) of Kenzie Drive, Sutton Bridge Found guilty of driving with no insurance

Fined £660, victim surcharge £66, costs £110. Disqualified from driving for four months

February 5

Craig Buckley (37) of Kitson House, Peterborough Admits breach of suspended sentence order

Fined £184, costs £60

Jayne Horsted (52) of Eyrescroft, Peterborough Guilty plea to drink driving (130ugs of alcohol in 100ml of breath)

Jailed for 12 weeks, suspended for 18 months. Mental health treatment requirement for 12 months. Rehabilitation Activity Requirement for 35 days. Victim surcharge £122, costs £85. Disqualified from driving for 36 months can be reduced by 36 weeks if course completed by 6/2/23

Tomas Petravicius (35) of Station Road, Peterborough Guilty plea to drink driving (372ugs of alcohol in 100ml of urine)

Jailed for 12 weeks, suspended for 18 months. Rehabilitation Activity Requirement for 20 days. Unpaid work of 80 hours. Victim surcharge £128, costs £85. Disqualified from driving for 36 months

Nicole Rigitha (20) of Flag Fen Road, Peterborough Guilty plea to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, and the offence was racially motivated

Fined £450, victim surcharge £45, costs £85

Constantin Ionescu (21) of Princes Street, Peterborough Guilty plea to theft of whiskey (value £132 from Asda) x2 Guilty plea to theft of alcohol (value £228 from Asda) Community order - Rehabilitation Activity Requirement for 20 days. Unpaid work of 100 hours. Compensation £264

Davidas Janauskas (32) of Elizabeth Terrace, Wisbech Found guilty of driving with no insurance

Found guilty of driving otherwise in accordance with a licence

Fined £600, victim surcharge £60, costs £85. Eight points on licence

One budget proposal is to create a joint Blue Badge service with Cambridgeshire County Council.