- Council tax is proposed to rise by 3.99%, made up of a 1.99% rise towards general services and a 2% rise specifically for adult social care.
- By the end of 2015/16 the council will have saved £56m from its annual budget, with another £23m per anum of savings planned for the next four years - but even that leaves an £8m hole in the budget for 2019/20.
- Funding for services including youth provision, libraries, transport and the council tax support scheme will be cut.
- There will be no New Homes Bonus money to support the areas that take new housing - instead it will all be used to prop up the central budget.
Local news for the central rural area of South Gloucestershire, covering the Charfield, Frampton Cotterell, Ladden Brook and Westerleigh wards.
Friday, 29 January 2016
Budget cuts published
The Conservatives have published their draft budget, which will be discussed at a meeting on Monday. You can read the detail in the meeting papers but some of the headlines are:
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