Babergh looks at 2.9 to 3.5% council tax increase

I've sat on the Service and Financial Planning Group working on the budget, a group of Lib Dem, Conservative and Independent councillors with officers. Alot of hard work has been put in and some difficult decisions have been made and a recommendation of a 2.9% increase is on the table. Yet several proposals from O&S for further funding of the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Sanctuary scheme for domestic violence are worthy of reconsideration. In a recession evidence shows us that both these services will need more funding due to extra demand for their services.