Lancashire's council tax is going up!
Lancashire's council tax is going up!
Lancashire's council tax is going up!
The decision was made in a meeting at County Hall in Preston yesterday (Thursday 11th February 2015) during which the local authority had to decide how it was going to save ÂŁ65,000,000.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Lancashire County Council said:
"Lancashire County Council has approved a budget for 2016/17 incorporating revised plans for transport to day centres for disabled and elderly people.
"Under the new plans, the county council will use its own fleet of travel care buses to provide transport for more than 1000 elderly and disabled people who use the county's day care centres. The buses will also continue to be used separately for their current role of taking children with special educational needs and disabilities to and from the county's special schools. "Other adjustments to the budget include an agreement to ensure that Wyre residents can use their NOW cards to access the Blackpool Tramway. "And, a proposed reduction in funding for the county council's flood risk management service has been dropped. "Meanwhile councillors agreed an amendment put forward by the Independent group, which will see cross-party working groups formed to agree how to implement the budget decisions. Their work will be supported by a contingency fund of ÂŁ3 million to help reduce the impact of changes to services. "A further amendment from the Conservative group was also passed adding an additional ÂŁ500,000 to the highways budget. "Full Council also agreed that Council Tax for 2016/17 be increased by 1.99% plus a 2% increase specifically for social care services."