CEC said price increase, staff costs, an increase in more complex cases and an “unusual increase” in the number of people who had previously funded their own care asking for local authority support were the main reasons for the overspend.
The report, which will be discussed by councillors later, said it was clear “further actions need to be identified to bring the council back to a position where we are living within our means”.
An accompanying document, external assesses progress made against savings targets in different areas.
A number of cost-cutting measures signed off in this year’s budget – including the closure of three household waste recycling centres – have not saved as much money as had been expected.
The tips – in Bollington, Middlewich and Poynton – were temporarily closed ahead of a decision last week to permanently keep them shut.
The full anticipated cost savings will not be achieved this year because of the introduction of a mobile system and the trial of a booking system.
