A recorded program of more than £300 million will be invested in roads, schools, new homes and supporting the economy across Essex, as part of the County Council’s budget proposals for 2018/19.
The budget, which will go to Cabinet next week before it is put to the vote at Full Council on Tuesday 13 February, sets out the Council’s proposed investment and spending program for the coming year.
It also includes a continued commitment to innovation and digital technology, which is already having a positive impact on services such as adult social care, where tablet computers have more than halved the time it takes social workers to complete assessments.
The continued reduction in central Government funding, which will disappear completely by 2020, combined with increasing demand for services, increases in inflation, business rates and National Living Wage payments, means the Council is proposing to increase Council Tax for only the third time in the last eight years.
This will rise by 2% through the Government’s social care precept, which will be ring-fenced to adult social care, and 2.99% to support the delivery of vital services such as highways, public transport, libraries, and recycling centers.
The proposed rise means a £1.12 per week increase for the average Band D property.
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