Revised proposals to transform local library services and achieve savings for the City Council are being recommended for approval by the authority’s Executive Board (… Read More »Nottingham Labour proposes to keep all local libraries open
Nottingham City Council is to launch a consultation on 20 December on savings proposals to balance the budget for 2023/24. If accepted at the council’s… Read More »Nottingham City Council budget savings consultation to launch on Tuesday 20 December
On Friday the new Chancellor of the Exchequer announced what he described as a mini-budget to help deal with the cost of living crisis. The only thing mini about it was the amount of support it provides to the average family and individual in Britain. This completely un-costed budget, will give out the largest tax cuts since 1972, most of which are aimed at the wealthiest in society. That budget in 1972 lead to a short-lived boom, and a much longer bust, with the infamous three-day week and the failure of key services.
The government has announced today that it has decided not to appoint commissioners but instead strengthen the power of the pre-existing improvement and Assurance board.… Read More »Government decision on Commissioners
Yesterday Nottingham City council alongside Nottinghamshire County Council, Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council have agreed in principle to a £1.14 billion devolution deal… Read More »Devolution Deal for Nottingham and the East Midlands
This morning we were notified by government that they are minded to appoint
commissioners to oversee some parts of the City Council. The appointment of
commissioners would be unjustified, and an attack on our local democracy.
Today Nottingham City Council Leader, Cllr David Mellen responded to the Government’s long overdue “Levelling Up” White Paper, cautiously welcoming the next steps on devolution but highlighting that these words do little to reverse the damage that twelve years of unprecedented Conservative cuts has caused to Nottingham.
Since the Conservatives came to power in 2010, they have taken £230 million from Nottingham City Council and offered no answers or additional money to… Read More »Conservatives force Nottingham people to pay more money while receiving less
An autumn statement that says nothing on schools or social care is not an autumn statement preparing Nottingham for the future but one that is… Read More »Autumn statement gives nothing for Nottingham’s schools or social care sector