Mr Guild added that some of his union members have criticised how the local authority has handled the situation
“There is a lot of worry for them and their livelihoods and their families they support,” said Mr Guild.
“There’s actually quite a lot of anger as well about the situation and how we’ve got to this point.”
While Mr Revans said it is “too early at this stage” to say what the impact will be on frontline services, Mr Guild said: “the reality is that it will have an impact on services.
“We’ve seen a massive increase in cost on social care,” said Mr Guild, explaining that he believes there is a “broken model” for funding social care and local services.
“The range of services that Somerset Council runs is vast. So while adult social care is absorbing vast amounts of the budget, all these other services have effectively been cannibalised to pay for those increase in costs,” he added.