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Council Tax hikes, budgets approved
by PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) agreed to raise the local council tax by the maximum amount allowed without holding a local referendum at a fiery meeting of the…
Spring Statement
This is the first year in which we will only have a single Budget each year, with this year’s set to take place in the autumn. However, this has not…
Council Faced With Difficult Choices In Tough Budget
Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough Council has unveiled proposals for its 2017/18 budget. Council leader Cllr Peter Chowney explained “We are faced with continuing cuts from our government grant, which…
Autumn Budget 2016
Philip Hammond, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced his first Autumn Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 23rd November 2016. Small businesses, which make a huge contribution to the economy,…