This little graph explains why Rochford District Council is always having to watch its finances. It shows the amount of government grant we have been getting, per head of population.
In the past three years the amount of grant we get has been reduced from ?53 per person to ?37 per person. That doesn’t sound like much , but with about 83,000 residents , we are about ?1,300,000 worse off this year.
There are always swings and roundabouts, we may get some funds through other routes , but basically times are tough.? And you need to remember that the amount we got previously was still a lot lower than many other councils.
How is the council finding the money? One success was a new IT contract.? Another has been getting recycling credits. But some of? the savings have come from things like ending the council’s pest control service.
Tory Governments want to privatise everything for the benefit of their rich backers. Public enterprise whether local or national is therefore attacked.