Following a detailed review of the budget he inherited as Herefordshire Council’s new Chief Executive, Alastair Neill has uncovered an £8.4m hole in the council’s finances. Yesterday, at Cabinet, proposals to make accelerated and swingeing cuts to all non-statutory services were deferred, following strong lobbying from It’s Our County, massive opposition from members of the [...] Keep reading
This Conservative Council has so badly managed Council affairs that it is planning to reduce to zero the funding for museums and cut by 75% all funding for libraries. Has any council, ever, done this before? The Museum’s annual budget is £462,000. Divide that by Herefordshire’s populati... Keep reading
Monday February 18th was probably the most important day in this Council’s four year life. It was the day they decided where the cuts will fall. These decisions will be with us all for the next five years and beyond. It’s Our County responded in the Council meeting by each councillor tak... Keep reading