Trafford council tax to increase as £2m to be cut from adult and children's services
manchestereveningnews.co.ukResidents in Trafford are to be hit with a 4.99 per cent increase in their council tax alongside £2m-plus cuts to adult and children’s services.
The move was approved by the authority’s full council meeting last night (Wednesday) as it approved a net revenue budget of £217.83m for 2024/25.
Cuts have been forced by a £17.8m hole in the authority’s finances which has prompted the council to dip into its dwindling cash reserved to the tune of £5.58m and target ‘income generation’ and ‘service delivery savings’ adding up to £9.52m.
The money the council gets from central government in combined grants will rise by £2.3m from last year to £46.499m. A further £0.775m in surplus council tax payments from this year will also support the forthcoming budget.
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