The County Council will receive an addition £5.1 million of funding.
This is as a result of rural MPs from around the country meeting with the Chancellor to thrash out a new deal for rural counties.
I don't know exactly what this will mean but I hope that it will result in less service cuts than those already planned by both councils. Fingers crossed!
Do you have any link to the above news item? I and many others are up in arms about ELDC's proposal to extinguish street lights, whilst trying to deceive us that they are only extinguishing footway lights. They are trying to save themselves £100,000 a year by offering only one alternative: palming street lights off to towns and parish councils. In our case it would increase the Band D parish precept from £10 to £27, which is a non-goer.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. From MP Matt Warman: http://www.mattwarman.co.uk/2016/02/10/matt-warman-mp-welcomes-extra-funding-for-lincolnshire-councils/
DeleteIn addition to my response above I would say that I am not aware of any Street Lights that ELDC are responsible for!
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