{"id":38114,"date":"2022-02-28T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=38114"},"modified":"2022-02-28T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:40:11","slug":"new-barnsley-budget-means-tax-increase-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/28\/new-barnsley-budget-means-tax-increase-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"New Barnsley budget means tax increase for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2022-2023 budget for Barnsley Council was approved last week, resulting in a 3.5% council tax increase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main increase in spending is for adult social care, which is responsible for 2% of the tax rise. The remaining 1.5% is for core services, such as road maintenance and bin collections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rise will mean residents of a property in Band H will be paying over \u00a3700 more than they would have in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Councillor Steve Houghton, Leader of Barnsley Council, said: \u201cI hope people will understand the challenges that we face as a council, but by making significant investment in services and in local communities then we can see that people are getting real value for money\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6O8o9jVwcw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The net budget for day-to-day running of Barnsley is \u00a3211mil. And there is a further capital revenue budget of \u00a356.2mil for investments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major part of the budget is the immediate \u00a310mil being invested in principal towns and village centres surrounding Barnsley, as part of the \u00a330mil kickstart scheme. This means these areas will hopefully see the same improvements that have been seen in the town centre, according to Counc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Houghton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although an extra \u00a32mil has been set aside for highway repairs, there has been a public response claiming this may not be enough.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Checked the budget. They are spending \u00a35m on council properties and \u00a32m on a \u201cYouth Zone\u201d (whatever that is). So don\u2019t hold your breath for the highways money to be spent!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Armitage (@rjarmitage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjarmitage\/status\/1496905289257390084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the backlash Counc Houghton said: \u201cThis year&#8217;s budget is an investment budget. We\u2019ve kept away from losing large numbers of jobs and having to cut services, hopefully those days are behind us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow we\u2019re into making Barnsley better, and even better than it\u2019s been in previous years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can see the full budget report <a href=\"https:\/\/barnsleymbc.moderngov.co.uk\/documents\/s92756\/Medium%20Term%20Financial%20Strategy%202022-25.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022-2023 budget for Barnsley Council was approved last week, resulting in a 3.5% council tax increase. The main increase in spending is for adult social care, which is responsible for 2% of the tax rise. The remaining 1.5% is for core services, such as road maintenance and bin collections. 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