There are still a couple of days left for local residents to respond to Cambridgeshire County Council’s consultation on its future spending.
Cuts in funding from central government coupled with increased demand and inflation means that the county council needs to save £100 million over the next five years, on top of the £200 million in savings it has already made. Next year the county council needs to save £41million – that’s 9 per cent of its entire budget.
The county council is the level of council responsible for services including
- education
- transport
- planning
- fire and public safety
- social care
- libraries
- waste management
- trading standards
The consultation closes on Sunday 8 November.