Bristol City Council’s proposed £19.5million budget cutbacks have been slated as “morally wrong” and “a kick in the teeth”.
Opposition councillors claim the measures are “unnecessarily harsh” while trade unions say poorer households will suffer a “triple whammy” of a 2.99 per cent council tax rise, 4.1 per cent council rent increase and a possible 20 to 30 per cent hike in tenants’ service charges.
Deputy mayor for finance Cllr Craig Cheney insists the 2022/23 budget protects frontline services, including libraries and children’s centres, and invests heavily in housing and building affordable homes.
