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:

• 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.

One thing you won't find is any reference to green bins - despite their pre-election promises, the Conservatives have said nothing about them in their 3 year budget.