Consultation launched on £16 million budget cuts
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £16 million from next year’s (2015/16) budget.
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £16 million from next year’s (2015/16) budget.
One of Bury Council’s most senior officers has been appointed leader of the world's top public sector finance professionals.
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 residents are being urged to stand side by side and demand a better financial deal from the Government.
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.