HBC: Hyndburn once again in top 10% of Councils facing harshest cuts

Based on what the Government has said so far, Hyndburn Borough Council will see a reduction in  spending ability over the next four years of almost 15%. Only Barrow, Copeland, and Bolsover in the North suffer harsher cuts under this settlement and Hyndburn is once again one of the top 10% of Councils suffering major Government cuts over this period.

In contrast, Buckinghamshire is receiving at 3.6% increase over the same period.

The Government is making assumptions across the whole of local government about how local council tax and business rates will grow over the next four years and, while some of these growth assumptions might prove true in the South of the country, we know here in the north that the local economy will not generate such growth figures.

The Government’s assumptions around how these figures will help local councils is unrealistic and the level of reductions we face in our Spending Powers over the next four years is likely to be greater than the 15% the Government has indicated.