Essential services affected

AS COUNCIL tax letters start dropping through our letterboxes confirming the county council increase of 2.5 per cent, your readers may be interested to know that this is not all good news.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Mar 2010, 17:27 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:58 BST

Beneath the headlines of this "smallest ever" council tax increase, essential public services are under more pressure than ever before.

Cuts to the youth service budget of 2million have been announced, which will surely mean the closure of youth centres.

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Cuts to library opening hours are currently being consulted on.

The future of day centres for some of the most vulnerable disabled members of our community will be consulted on this summer.

We all benefit directly or indirectly from these services but they are under threat.

National research shows that - as well not wanting our local services privatised - most of us would be willing to pay slightly more council tax to preserve essential public services.

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If the average band D taxpayer pays a few extra pence a week it is worth millions to the authority - precious resources which could have been used to protect vital frontline services.

Chris Earwaker

branch secretary

UNISON West Sussex

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