It’s budget time again …
… and the Lib Dem Group at County Hall are trying to persuade the ruling Labour Group to keep the council tax rise down as much as possible.
This morning, the County Council cabinet agreed a recommendation of a 2.9% increase to be meade to a meeting of the full council on 26 February.
We are convinced that there is scope to do better than this as council has underspent its 2007-8 budget and has had a much bigger than expected government grant.
Government nationally is talking about wage rises being kept to around 2% (or 1.9% if you are a policeman) and we shall be proposing a rate much closer to that come budget making day.
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