Preston City Council has taken one of the largest cuts in government funding in England. Figures announced by the government show Preston Town Hall will see a 6.4 per cent […]

A meeting takes place on Wednesday night where Preston City Council briefs local businesses on its financial position. The city council has to find savings of £3.6 million a year […]

Preston City Council’s advice and housing teams are moving from their offices on Birley Street. The city council has announced as part of cost-cutting measures it is centralising these teams […]

Preston City Council revealed that cuts to its budget will mean a hike in council tax bills for Prestonians. The budget proposals for the next 3 years went before all […]

This is not budgeting anymore…it’s survival. In 2009/10 Preston Council had an income of just under £30million – by 2015 it’s income will me just under £23million; most of that […]

Preston City Council have released the details of their new budget proposal, including a proposed rise in council tax by 3.5%. Yesterday I took a look at what the council […]

We’ve run the council’s budget proposal from 2012 to 2016 into Wordle, which crunches the 80 odd pages to find the most commonly used phrases. This gives you an at-a-glance […]

Tax and spend, tax and spend, borrow your way out of trouble and don’t worry about tomorrow, that will be someone else’s problem. Yes, folks, Labour’s back in power in […]