St Albans district council leader Chris White.
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Drastic measures to survive the devastating impact of the pandemic on district council finances have received the green light from councillors.
Despite government support, SADC faces a £1.7m revenue shortfall, with this figure set to rise to a further gap of £2.2m for the period of 2022-23.
In a bid to avoid sweeping service cuts and catastrophic consequences for years to come, the Lib Dem administration called on their fellow councillors from across the political spectrum to back a budget aimed at helping SADC to weather the coronavirus storm.
Council leader Cllr Chris White told a meeting of full council: Tight budgets mean tough decisions. My plea to this council is to recognise the tough position we have reached and are still in and accept that there is some pain to be shared by all. This budget is sound. It is prudent. It is fair.
THE city is set to miss out on more than a million pounds of funding, despite the council declaring its support for the People Friendly Streets scheme. £1.3million was being put towards the scheme by the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership, as long as it was spent by March 2021. But with the project indefinitely suspended, Paddy Bradley, chief executive officer of the SWLEP, has confirmed that the money will now be reallocated elsewhere in the county. The funds were due to be spent on the scheme s complimentary measures, which included improvements to Shop Mobility, refurbishing Culver Street car park, bike racks and a bike repair station.
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