Measures taken to cuts costs so far have included cancelling all the council's bonfire night displays and freezing almost all recruitment
is the biggest source of revenue for local authorities. But with the cost-of-living crisis biting, more and more households are finding they are simply unable to pay it.The council has confirmed that by the end of August this year it had collected less in tax than it had at the same point in 2021. As a result, it’s dropped its collection “target rate”, from 99 per cent of all money it is owed to 98.5 per cent.
At first glance this appears a tiny drop, but in reality, that equates to millions of pounds, given the population of the city is around 800,000.Swimming pools are among the biggest guzzlers of energy given the quantities of heating and lighting needed to run them. Leisure centres and gyms too require lots of electricity to keep equipment going.
But another issue is that the number of kids attending nurseries is still not back up to pre-Covid levels, as more parents work from home or find alternative
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