Liverpool City Council has decided to adopt a rather eye-catching approach in its continuing campaign against fly-tippers – branding dumped waste as ‘crime scenes’.
Liverpool City Council has started a consultation on its budget for 2022/23 as it seeks to bridge a £34 million gap next year. The council’s budget is £465 million a year less than it was in 2010. Council Tax only raises 40 per cent of the total needed, with the remainder coming from government grants … Read more
Plans for a new global visitor attraction, the redevelopment of two of Liverpool’s leading cultural institutions and a new public realm have been given a £22 million budget boost. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced two separate financial investments for the city which will inject a new lease of life in and around the city’s docks, … Read more
Read Acting Mayor, Cllr Wendy Simon’s budget speech.
Liverpool City Council is to set a balanced budget which will protect key public services including libraries, leisure centres and children’s centres. The annual Budget Meeting is being held at Liverpool Town Hall on Wednesday 4 March. Through a combination of considerable effort, Government lobbying and invest to earn schemes the council has been able … Read more
Sometimes it can seem as a city council we send out mixed messages. We talk about savings and austerity but then on the other hand we announce major investment projects or cultural events. Does it really add up? Today we’re going to try and untangle some of the complexities around this topic. We’re talking to … Read more
Politicians of all parties on Liverpool City Council are uniting next week to call for urgent Government action to tackle the authority’s “perilous financial situation”. A special budget-themed meeting of all 90 elected members is being held at Liverpool Town Hall at 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to discuss an estimated £57.6 million gap in … Read more
Discussions are set to get underway with voluntary and community organisations about taking over six youth and play centre buildings.
Liverpool City Council has approved a budget which will see Council Tax bills increase by 1.99 percent.
Find out more about the budget challenges facing the council and where it receives its money from.
You will have heard us talk about how our funding has been cut but the graphic below illustrates what this looks like. The coins in red show the gap after inflation. We showed you that only 9% of our income comes from Council Tax. Below is the same graphic with actual figures showing … Read more
Mayor Anderson talks about how city will meet its budget challenges.