[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by garinda

'The publication aims to make it clearer to councils how to manage their budgets effectively in the light of spending cuts. Those worst affected include Portsmouth and Hyndburn, which are both receiving the maximum 2% overall budget cut.'

CLG confirms £1.16bn local government funding cuts | Public Property UK

The interesting thing is that Area Councils have had their budgets cut by around 20% in Hyndburn whilst the Leader of the Council (among others) has just voted to raise their own salary by a large percentage.

Feathering the nest of the few at the expense of the entire borough doesn't really sound like prudent practice to a new boy like me.

It's nice to know that our money is being well spent though, isn't it?