Council tax payers in Bury face a five per cent increase in bills if budget proposals are passed this week. Bury Council meet on Wednesday to agree their budget for 2023/24 with the authority also needing to implement £14M of cuts including more than 30 job losses to balance the books.
Budget papers published ahead of the meeting say the basic element of council tax is set to rise by 2.99 per cent, the maximum allowed. On top of that there will be a further two per cent increase for the adult social care precept, ring fenced funding to help pay for services to the most vulnerable.
The Labour run council said the budget is brought forward in ‘an extremely difficult context’. They said the Covid pandemic has led to ‘increased costs, additional demand and reduced income’.
