Council tax will rise by just under 5% while savings of £29million are also made to balance the books
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The money is needed both to address overspending on the current council budget and to plug a large gap in the next
The Labour administration is depending on a bailout from government to balance its next budget
"Exceptional levels of need and deprivation" as well as outdated funding formulas blamed instead on reason for council's difficult balancing next budget
But the leader of the opposition Lib Dems has called the request a "humiliation" for Haringey
Projects including a nursing home, energy network and Wards Corner have seen their funding cut
Leader says official request for exceptional financial support comes as Haringey Council faces "mountain to climb" to balance budget
Haringey Council says it has found savings of 14% on the cost of building 3,000 new homes
With £39m extra needed for 2025/26 council finance chief admits only a quarter of savings have been found
The council’s aim is to save £675,000 as part of the cuts it needs to make for the 2025/26 budget
Finance chief says 2025/26 budget gap is "significantly more" than what was ideal
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has almost doubled the amount given to Transport for London for major infrastructure projects
The London mayor said the chancellor must not emulate the last Tory government’s austerity programme
Temporary housing, children's services and social care are all still causing significant cost pressures in Haringey
New figures show the beer and pub industry supports 160,000 jobs across London
Cabinet member for finance Dana Carlin explains how Haringey Council has set a balanced budget for 2024/25
A Lib Dem proposal to find a new leisure centres provider instead of cutting the libraries budget was rejected by Labour councillors
Haringey councillors are due to vote next week on a budget containing £19m of savings and a 5% council tax rise
Leader of the Liberal Democrat group Luke Cawley-Harrison argues that Haringey Council’s spending choices are sending it to the ‘cliff edge’
Haringey Council finance chiefs have yet to work out how they can fill the gap in its 2024/25 budget but say they're "not in Section 114 territory"
The council has until 6th February to finalise it plans to close a £16.3m gap in the budget for the upcoming financial year
Soaring homelessness rates blamed for busting budgets of London boroughs
Rising costs of adult social care blamed for budget-busting spending this year, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter George Meehan House and (inset)...
The council’s leader Peray Ahmet explained that the current website is ‘over seven years old’, reports Miriam Balanescu Haringey Council has...
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