COUNCILLORS met in private to find a solution to a £1.7m black hole in the social care budget.

Kirklees Council’s cabinet went into private session at last night’s meeting at Huddersfield Town Hall to consider a report into the cash crisis.

Earlier this year Kirklees announced plans to save £1.7m a year by reducing the number of adults it helps.

Officials began re-assessing 11,000 adults with mental, physical and learning disabilities to decide which of them still qualified for care.

But the council stopped the cuts last month after a legal challenge.