Cuts to public services would be “an absolute disaster” that are causing “intensely painful feelings", councillors have warned.
In the next four months, the city council has to find ways to plug a £73m funding shortfall, with warnings of service cuts and job losses on the horizon. A document outlining where savings could be made was published by the local authority last month.
The proposals went through the latest round of scrutiny during a meeting of the finance and resources select committee as councillors had their say on how to fill the blackhole. Among the possibilities is a reduction in discretionary welfare support schemes, such as its benefits maximisation service and Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme.
