Bolton Council: £35m budget cuts approved slashing town hall jobs
COUNCILLORS in Bolton have backed a budget which will mean £35m of cuts and hundreds of council job losses over the next year. The Conservative-led authority, which holds control with the co-operation of a number of smaller parties, narrowly won a vote of all councillors after a three-hour debate. The budget was carried by 28 votes to 22 with the Liberal Democrats on the council abstaining from the vote. Labour voted against the budget. Councillors representing Farnworth and Kearsley First, Horwich and Blackrod First and UKIP all voted in favour of the budget. Councillors voted ...
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