For Hackney, the real impact of this budget will be largely non-existent, IPPR specialist says. “It will do little to improve the prospects for the local economy, will not ease the financial pain of Hackney’s poor, and does nothing to address the long-term problems the area faces in terms of housing and youth unemployment.”
Hackney Unites will take part in the TUC’s ‘March for the Alternative’ on Saturday
Local pubs (and the Wurzels) hit by extra 10% tax on cider.
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Council tax is frozen again but opposition parties condemn deepening deficit
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Local trade groups have expressed anger at a looming “tidal wave” of tax that is set to hit businesses in April.
We should be glad the council’s budgets no longer attract placard-waving protestors, but its meetings are as unappealing to the public as ever, writes Marion Dakers
Labour might be proud of its new budget, but Hackney cannot afford such largesse