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Public weighs in on Elgin budget woes - Elgin Courier News
ELGIN — Police, fire and dispatch services, arts and social services funding, employee pay and overtime — and even the condition of individual streets in Elgin — were top topics Saturday morning as residents came out to air their concerns about the proposed Elgin city
Social services survive city budget cuts - The Santa Fe New Mexican
Website of Santa Fe New Mexico's premier daily newspaper. Offering news, classifieds, employment ads, a monthly Real Estate Guide, guides to the outdoors, the arts, and events of interest to visitors.
TheSpec - Province leaves city with $5.1m budget gap
The city will not receive any funding from the province to offset the cost of ambulances and social services.
Davao City slashes peace and order budget by P53M : Dateline Philippines
DAVAO CITY ( MindaNews /11 October)—Invoking “people-centered governance,” City Hall has reduced by P53 million its peace and order budget this year in favor of much-needed social services.
Council tax: A policy that doesn't add up | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
Editorial: The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats fought the last election promising greater power for local town halls
Lynchburg City Council considers how the $1.5M reserve should be spent | Lynchburg News Advance
Recommended uses for a $1.5 million reserve created in the city’s budget proposal include preserving positions for the commonwealth’s attorney, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, information technology, social services and animal control.
Hiring freezes announced nationwide | KXAN.com
<p>Cities across the nation have been hit hard by the worseningeconomy. Some have decided instead of laying off workers, theyenact hiring freezes. Here are some examples nationwide ofthat.</p>
MPs attack councils' money allocation
A House of Commons select committee has attacked the government's proposals for reforming local government finance as "confusing".
This benefit cut will hit the poorest | Leslie Morphy | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Leslie Morphy: Housing benefit needs to be reformed, but cuts to local housing allowance will lead to more poverty, debt and homelessness
Grants review could hit county councils
An adviser to MPs has warned that county councils could lose millions of pounds a year under proposals to change the way government grants are allocated.
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