Newcastle City Council has launched a consultation on its proposed budget for 2023/2024.
The council says the challenge of setting a balanced budget has been getting harder and harder since austerity cuts struck in 2010. Next year, the city authority says it has to make £23.2 million of savings.
The proposals were discussed at a full council meeting on Monday November 22, where they were met with backlash from residents who accused the local authority of doing the Tory Government's 'dirty work' by imposing further cuts while planning to increase the council tax burden residents pay.
