Last night Labour and Lib Dem Councillors did a sordid deal over the City Council's budget. The deal has resulted in a big above inflationary increase in council tax and and damaging cuts to social services. Council tax will go up 3.89%, well above inflation and double Conservative proposals to raise tax by only 1.97%.
£120,000 will be slashed from the budget that provides residential and day care services to the elderly, affecting over 500 people.
The affect of above inflationary tax increases will hit those on fixed incomes, like pensioners the most. Cuts to care services are quite wrong and this an area where we should be spending more money, not less.
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