Consultation launched on £32m budget cuts
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £32 million from services over the next three years (2017-20).
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £32 million from services over the next three years (2017-20).
Two years of council tax freezes have come to an end as the bill for 2016/17 will rise by a total of 3.8%.
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £11.6 million from services in next year’s (2016/17) budget.
Councillors in Bury agreed tonight (Wednesday 25 February) to freeze the Council Tax for next year as part of a ‘triple lock’ deal for Bury residents.
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £16 million from next year’s (2015/16) budget.
Bury Council has taken its latest move to save money by cutting the number of its directorates from four to three.
Bury Council has frozen the amount of council tax it demands from residents, it was agreed by councillors tonight (Wednesday 19 February).
Bury Council is now in the third year of its Plan for Change Savings programme.
The very future of council services is under threat because of a new and unprecedented swathe of Government budget cuts that are “beyond the pale”.
Bury Council has increased its share of the council tax bill by 3.5% for the coming financial year, it was agreed by councillors last night (Wednesday 20 Feb).
Vital decisions about services and taxes will be discussed when Bury Council holds its annual budget meeting on Wednesday 20 February.
More than 300 people have had their say in the latest round of consultation about the council’s Plan for Change.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.