The Council Meeting is at 6pm tonight at Brent Civic Centre, close to Wembley Stadium. You can watch live a transmission from the Council Chamber HERE Tweet comments using hashtag #BrentLive There is a public meeting calling for a General Election to end Tory austerity on March 14th (DETAILS)
THE MAIN CUTS & JOB LOSSES
IN BRENT
OVERALL REDUCTION IN BUDGET £20,900,000
OVERALL INCREASE IN COUNCIL TAX 5.77%
(CHARGE WILL BE £1,582.85
ON BAND D PROPERTY)
CONSULTATION ON OPTIONS TO REDUCE COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT FOR
2020-21 MAKING NEEDY FAMILIES PAY MORE
CUT £180,000 TO END ZONE 5 (RESIDENTIAL STREETS)
LITTER PICKING
CUT £70,000 BY REMOVING LITTER BINS IN THESE
STREETS
CUT £200,000 BY MAKING PARKS MAINTENANCE REACTIVE
ONLY
CUT £60,000 BY REDUCING OPENING HOURS OF ABBEY
ROAD RE-USE & RECYCLING CENTRE
CUT £1,524,000 IN 2019-20 & £450,000
IN 2020-21 BY REMOVING 40 POSTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
CUT £400,000 IN 2020-21 BY REMOVING 12 BRENT MET PATROL PLUS OFFICERS FROM APRIL
2020
CUT £250,000 BY HANDING OVER ROUNDWOOD YOUTH
CENTRE AND CUTTING TWO POSTS THERE
CUT £250,000 IN EARLY HELP SERVICES INCLUDING LOSS
OF TWO
JOBS
CUT £250,00 BY REDUCING CHILDREN & YOUNG
PEOPLE’S ‘NON-CASING HOLDING STAFF’ BY 5 POSTS
CUT £1,491,000 IN 2020-21 BY REDUCING TOTAL NUMBER OF
CHILDREN’S CENTRES FROM 17 TO 8 - REPLACE WITH ‘HUB’ MODEL (NB TOTAL JOB LOSSES
NOT SPECIFIED)
CUT £102,000 IN 2019-20 & £158,000 IN 2020-21 BY CUTTING
GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
CUT £100,000 IN 2020-21 BY REDUCING COMMUNICATIONS
STAFF BY 2-3
POSTS
CUT £450,000 BY REMOVING 5 POSTS IN POLICY, PERFORMANCE
& PARTNERSHIP TEAM
CUT £60,000 BY REDUCING SCRUTINY COMMITTEE FROM 3
TO 2 & THUS CUTTING ONE OFFICER
CUT £275,000 IN 2019-20 & £225,000 IN 2020-21 BY CUTTING RESPECTIVELY
6 & 5
CUSTOMER SERVICE POSTS
CUT £200,000 IN 2020-21 THROUGH IN-HOUSE TRANSFER
OF CAPITA COUNCIL TAX CONTRACT LOSS OF 5 POSTS
Comment received by email: Hi Martin, the council admit they are taking a risk by setting a fixed rate of £15.04 per hour for carers, as most London boroughs pay a higher rate. The council seem to be assuming that current carers will stay loyal to their clients rather than earn a lot more elsewhere. If I was a carer I would be moving to where I could earn more, as loyalty does not pay the bills.
ReplyDeleteAlso the council are re-negotiating contracts to day care providers, in order to get them to reduce their funding.
The council say they have too many day care providers and this will force many of them out of 'the market' but it expects some will have to stay, as they only have one source of funding and that is from the council.