Council sets ‘toughest budget yet’ for 2024/25
Members of Bury Council have formally set the budget for upcoming financial year 2024/25.
Members of Bury Council have formally set the budget for upcoming financial year 2024/25.
Council leaders are calling for an urgent review of government funding before the authority’s financial position gets ever more precarious.
“We are running on fumes – we must have a fairer funding deal to keep vital services going.”
Bury Council is allocating an extra £400,000 to help the borough’s most vulnerable through the cost of living crisis and show residents that it is on their side during these tough times.
Residents are being urged to take part in consultations about the future use of Bury Art Museum.
Council leaders are preparing for a particularly challenging budget for 2023/24 as unprecedented uncertainty linked to national and global issues takes its toll.
Shoppers were given a taste of healthy and affordable food when they visited the Cook Well for Less stall on Bury Market.
Residents are invited to join a big conversation about Bury Council’s next budget at a series of opportunities starting this month.
Thousands of parents will receive help to pay for school uniforms as part of council budget plans for the coming financial year. And a special hardship fund will be set up under a range of measures designed to help families with the increasing cost of living.
Adults who use social care are being invited to give their views on proposals to make budget savings in the service.
Social care staff who have been at the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are among those to be rewarded by the council’s first post-Covid budget.
Social care staff who have been at the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are among those to be rewarded by the council’s first post-Covid budget.
Council leaders are counting the cost of Covid as they prepare to set the budget for 2021/22.
Council leaders are making plans to balance a budget hit by austerity and Covid and build a successful future for Bury.
Council leaders have approved a 10-point plan for recovery following the coronavirus lockdown and make sure the borough is fit for the challenges coming our way.
Bury Council has announced an ambitious multi-million pound set of proposals to help address the Climate Emergency.
Fit and ready to meet our priorities for the future – that’s the aim of council leaders who are drawing up the budget for 2020/21.
A proposal to bring Bury’s health commissioner back into financial balance by identifying savings of £7.4m has been given the green light by health bosses.
Regeneration and thriving businesses and communities are at the heart of a £16 million funding boost announced by council leaders.
The needs of vulnerable people who need social care were prioritised by Bury Council when it set its budget and council tax tonight (Wed 21 Feb).
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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