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Society ‘not hopeful’ about visitor centre survival – stressing that cuts proposals need effective consultation
Chesterfield and District Civic Society is not hopeful that the town’s popular visitor and information centre (VIC) will survive and wants to see further consultation on forthcoming budget cuts proposals. In November Chesterfield Borough Council announced that, as part of work to produce a balanced budget, they were looking to hold a ‘conversation’ with the…
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Society responds to Borough’s budget ‘conversation’.
Chesterfield and District Civic Society has submitted its response to Chesterfield Borough Council’s budget ‘conversation’. The Society understands that Chesterfield Borough Council needs to make service cuts, as it is predicting a £4 million budget shortfall. This is the result of the cumulative effect of reductions from central government funding, inflation, and the lingering negative impact…
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Society’s initial stance on borough service cuts package
Chesterfield and District Civic Society will be contributing to Chesterfield Borough Council’s ‘conversation’ on its proposals for cuts and changes in service delivery – with its main objective as trying to preserve as much quality as possible in everyday civic life. But the society has already indicated it is against what will be the effective closure…
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