UK's first Green-led council budget
Welcome to the information pages for the 2012-14 draft city budget proposals from the UK's first Green-led council, Brighton & Hove City Council.
This is a draft budget only and is an important stage in the consultation the council is undertaking to deal with the Coalition government cuts.
Following extensive listening, the Green adminstration made several revisions to the original draft budget proposals.
These are outlined in the final statement issued on 1 February 2012.
For more on the changes made in the light of the consultation please see: 18 January 2012 Green-led-council-listens-after-biggest-ever-consultation-on-council-budget.html
First headline statement (1 December 2011)
Media announcement and notes, please visit here.
Summary proposals
For the (original) summary proposals in the draft budget, please download this PDF document [230KB] here.
Questions & answers
For basic questions and answers about the city budget, please visit here.
Myths & mythbusters
For the myths, misconceptions and the mythbusters about the council tax and the budget, please visit here.
Full city council papers
More information on the Brighton & Hove City Council website: http://bit.ly/vaekpR
PDF leaflet
To download a PDF leaflet [435KB] which explains the background to the budget, please visit here.
For more information, please contact the Brighton and Hove Green Party office on 01273 766 670 or e: info@brightonhovegreens.org
Pic: Brighton Town Hall
Brighton and Hove - home of the UK's first Green-led council
