r/wakefield • • 2h ago

News Council scraps £1 sale of Lightwaves Leisure and Community Centre to charity

Thumbnail
wakefieldexpress.co.uk
1 Upvotes

r/wakefield • • 10h ago

Wakefield Council, what have they cut to make £18 million of savings?

17 Upvotes

I watched the full council meeting yesterday, and Karl Johnson said out of the £25 million short fall, they've found and cut £18 million since May, leaving £7 million left to go.

What have they cut or reduced exactly for such significant savings? I've seen the odd £60k here, £100k there, but only a few items, and they've decided to spend an extra £50k on road line painting.

He also said if they make the £25 million shortfall up, it's still a 4.99% council tax rise next year, so I guess we should prepare for that.