Summary of cuts proposed for 2015-16, to be discussed at Brighton & Hove Council meeting on 26th February 2015. Source of all figures: http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=43726#mgDocuments

1. Cuts proposed
even with 5.9%
council tax
increase

2. Adult Social Care
• Over £2million cuts to support for
people with learning disabilities
• £1million cut from Resource Centres
which care for older people as they are
discharged from hospital
• Reviews of services for older people in
the community to save £743,000
• Uncertainty for people with mental
health needs in residential care
• Funding for private and voluntary care
providers squeezed
• £200,000 cut to Able & Willing subsidy

3. Culture, arts,
democracy
• Entry charges to all museums for
visitors from outside the city
• Higher charges at libraries
• Overview and Scrutiny team
scrapped: loss of opportunity for
citizens to challenge the way the
council works

4. Children’s Services
• Nearly £1million cut from children’s
social work teams
• School transport service for children
with SEN to be cut by £500,000
• Over £1million of other cuts to services
for children with SEN & disabilities and
their families
• Reduced play service funded from
council tenants’ rents and health
funding
• Higher charges for council-run
nurseries
• Privatise management of the
Community Learning Service
• Cut subsidy to music service by
£126,000

5. Environment and Housing
• Over £1.3million cut from Supporting
People funding, which helps vulnerable
people live independently
• £907,000 cut from housing services for
council tenants
• Cuts to 7 subsidised bus services on routes
18, 21, 38A and 84
• £92,000 cut from Cityclean budget
• £106,000 less for parks and open spaces
• Over £250,000 cut to planning – mainly
through job losses
• Higher parking charges and an end to cash
payments for on-street parking
• Staff cuts in Occupational Therapy team
which assesses housing needs of disabled
people

6. Finance, Resources and Law
• Cut to Council Tax Reduction scheme, so that
households will have to contribute nearly twice
as much as last year out of their low incomes
• No Council Tax Reduction for anyone with
savings over £6,000 (down from £16,000)
• No Council Tax Reduction for people who share
a house with others on low incomes
• Double contribution required of adult children
still living at home
• Cuts to staff who help vulnerable people make
claims
• Reduced training and security for benefits staff
• Move to 100% online claim system
• Higher charges for funerals, less maintenance of
cemeteries

7. Public Health and
Community Safety
• £158,000 cut from community
safety teams who work with local
communities to deal with drugs
and crime
• Health & Safety team to be
replaced with self-funding services
(so higher charges for pest control
etc). Noise investigation service to
end.

8. Additional cuts with
a 2% council tax
increase

9. Adult Social Care
• A further £1million cuts to support
for people with learning
disabilities
• Reviews of services for older
people in the community to save a
further £650,000

10. Children’s Services
• Closure of four Children’s Centres
• End to universal services based at
Children’s Centres and libraries
• 25% cut to funding of play service
• Cuts to youth work posts
• Cuts to council nurseries like
Tarnerland
• Cuts to playschemes, after school
clubs

11. Environment, transport,
planning & housing
• Review of Cityclean & Parks,
possibly leading to mechanisation
of street cleaning and cuts to
gardening in parks
• Closures of public toilets and
reduced opening hours
• No more new tree planting
• £700,000 cuts to Supporting
People services for vulnerable
residents
• Cuts to staff working to improve
energy efficiency of housing in the
city

12. Finance and Public
Health
• Benefits counters and phone lines
to be open for 25% shorter hours
• Less data gathered to support
anti-crime and community safety
initiatives