Stockport Lib Dems have published the first chunk of our budget proposals for 2015-17, covering the vast majority of the £39.5 million savings Stockport Council needs to find over the next two years.

The budget will be finally decided at the Budget Full Council meeting in Feburary – more than six months away. By publishing our proposals now, we want to give everyone as much chance as possible to look at our ideas and – if you want – suggest changes.

Local Council budgets have to balance – that means if want to spend more in one area, we have to spend less in another so it all adds up.

Below are three documents:

• A cover sheet with some brief commentary on the proposals
• High-level details of all the proposals and the Investing in Stockport programme
• A summary sheet with the numbers

In addition to these, each saving area comes with a business case – a more detailed document explaining what the change will mean, how we will consult on it and all the additional information required. Those are available from the Council on request.

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