Have your say on council spending plans

Council consults spending plans   We have published our spending plans for next year and we are now asking residents, local businesses and others for their views on our proposals which include freezing our share of council tax for the third year and making £14m of savings. Most of these savings will come from efficiency measures such as renegotiating contracts, merging teams and sharing resources in order to protect our services.   We have also published our draft capital programme of £81m, which outlines investments in road maintenance - an area which residents highlighted as important in a last year’s survey – as well as street lighting and new residential care facilities.   You can view the budget proposals online. The consultation is open until 31 January 2013.

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