Yesterday Mid Devon District Council learnt that its funding for the year beginning April 2011-2012 will be nearly 16% less than this year.
A further cut of nearly of 13% on top of this figure has been announced for 2012-2013.
This means savings of over £1.5m will have to be made over the next two years. equivalent to a cut of over 26% compared to the present level of funding.
With inflation currently running at over 3% this means that Mid Devon will be forced to take some pretty unpleasant decisions in the years ahead. Let's hope the Tory dominated council's decisions aren't driven by the same ideology as the coalition.
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