Library campaigners say they there is much ‘uncertainty and anxiety’ over the county council’s new plan which would see 17 libraries handed over to the community without support.
Cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council borrowed £3.45m to buy an industrial unit in Kettering six weeks before it declared it couldn’t balance its books.
The cabinet member for finance at Northamptonshire County Council was ‘bowled over’ when told the Government had allowed it to spend £70million of ring-fenced money on tackling its deficit.
Northamptonshire County Council’s new chief finance officer says that draft budget proposals to be revealed on Monday will finally present a chance for the cash-stricken authority to get ‘back on an even keel’.
The financial woes of Northamptonshire county council have been lightened after the government has allowed it to use the proceeds of the sale of One Angel Square to wipe off last year’s deficit.
The commissioners sent in to get Northamptonshire out of its financial crisis have issued their first report – with the Secretary of State for local government saying the situation in the county is still ‘very serious’.
More than half of the 500 grit bins that were in jeopardy due to Northamptonshire County Council’s cost-cutting measures will be taken on by boroughs and parishes.
Calls to restore a committee which scrutinised the performance of children’s services will be put forward by the county council leader to its commissioners.
