In Nottingham’s Old Market Square, the fountains that once flowed in front of the Council House are bone dry, and as part of a series of proposed cost-cutting measures they may never be switched on again.
It is one of many potential cuts on the horizon for the city’s people even though they pay the second highest rate of council tax in England. A band A household in Nottingham will pay £1,608 a year for 2023-24, compared with a national average of £1,392 and just £608.04 in the London borough of Westminster, which boasts the lowest rates.
