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Cumbria County Council Agrees New Budget

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Cumbria County Council has agreed its new budget, and will increase Council Tax by 1.99%.

Since 2011, the council has identified £153 million in savings - but another £75 million still has to be saved.

You can see how each property band will be affected on the table below:

Cllr Patricia Bell, Deputy Leader of Cumbria County Council and Cabinet member responsible for finance, said: "This year our budget consultation has been about strategies for the future and how we can continue to deliver our priority services in a drastically different way within the budgets available. A process within which there have been no easy decisions. Today’s decisions have been about setting a budget that will help us live within our means.

"So far we have made our savings by reshaping the council; changing how we do business internally as well as a significant amount that has come from working more effectively with our partners and communities. Even with this we still face an extremely tough and challenging time as a result of Government cuts.

"We have a legal duty to balance our books. To achieve this, the journey ahead will continue to be difficult. This budget is about taking control of our future despite the tough economic times which the council continues to face.”


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