Labour claim the cost to the city of a referendum proposed by the Greens Administration to raise council tax more than 2% is close to one million pounds.
Labour and Cooperative councillors will try to reverse some of the worst cuts in the Green council budget, whilst blocking the proposed £5 a month rise in council tax. The news has been announced as the costs of holding a referendum, in which the vast majority of residents have said they will vote no, has skyrocketed to almost a million pounds.
Leader of the Labour Group Cllr Warren Morgan, said: “we have been told by officers that the costs of the Greens holding and then losing a referendum on their council tax increase could be as much as £900,000. We believe that when we are facing cuts that money should be spent on services, so we will be voting against the rise and the referendum.”
“In our budget amendments we will propose reversing the Green cut to Able and Willing, the council-supported employer for people with learning disabilities. We also want to stop them cutting grants to community groups, and put a small sum into keeping the annual Pride parade going.”
“I believe our opposition to tax rises people can’t afford, and our support for communities in our budget amendments shows that we and not the Greens have the right priorities when it comes to running the city.”
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