The increase is one of the measures aimed at addressing a multi-million-pound hole in the budget for the financial year from April 2024.
Some of the other measures are cuts of £8.6m in all areas, from adults’ services and children’s services to recycling and streetlighting, as well as the use of £10m in reserves.
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All of the above was a part of a…