Jibes of 'Ant and Dec' as council tax rise approved for Oldham at fractious meeting
Councillors have agreed to raise tax at a fractious meeting in which ‘reckless’ Tory amendments were slammed amid ‘Ant and Dec’ and ‘Sheriff of Nottingham’ jibes.
The budget for 2023/24 also includes £16.3m of cuts and savings, to fill a nearly £30m budget shortfall – £12.9m of which will be met by using council reserves. The budget proposals include a ‘variable lighting trial’ whereby street lighting in some areas would be dimmed by 50pc from dusk to dawn, and lights would go on ten minutes later and switch off ten minutes earlier. If the trial is successful it would save around £800k for the authority, budget documents state.
“People in this borough are asking for a freeze. 42p a week might be nothing to you, but 42p to the people in this borough every week is a lot of money.” Cross-party condemnation of ‘uncaring’ Tory proposals The fiercest topic of debate during the three hour meeting was the alternative budget put forward by the Conservative opposition group, presented by Saddleworth Councillors Max Woodvine and Luke Lancaster.
Scrapping senior management posts, and discontinuing district partnerships would save the authority £1.3m in the coming year, the Tories said. “Our district teams are the beating heart of our community and they’re worth their weight in gold. I don’t want to get rid of them, I want more of them,” he said.
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