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The Council currently provides around £1.5m each year in supporting local bus services and community transport groups and is seeking to reduce this by £375,000 over the next 2 years.
Perhaps some joined up thinking is required with a reduction of the numbers of empty VF buses driving around town.
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We are proposing to extend the normal weekday parking charges in Newbury to include Sundays which we estimate will raise additional income of around £10,000.
Full rate charges for parking on Sunday.... That'll be popular "You're KILLING the town!!" they all cry...
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The Council currently contributes £378,000 to the Corn Exchange and £42,000 to the Watermill Theatre each year. The Council proposes to reduce the funding to the Corn Exchange by £170,000 and to the Watermill Theatre by £10,000 over the next two years.
Again, why have they got away with us payng so much to them so far? More cutting required...
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The Council currently funds 8 crossing patrols which cost the Council £16,000 per year. This is a service which the Council doesn’t have to fund. Schools can choose to fund their own patrol, so we propose to stop this funding.
Small beer as far as the figure is concerned but what impact will it have on road safety...
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The current budget for Tourism is £60,000. It is proposed to withdraw all of this funding which will lead to the closure of the Tourist Information Centre in Newbury and withdraw technical support for the Visit Newbury website
no biggy..... Why have we been paying so much in the first place...
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The Council’s current Road Safety budget is £232,000 and it is proposed to reduce this by £96,000 over the next two years. The Council intends to reduce spend on road safety campaigns, to withdraw from the Safer Roads Partnership and end our contribution for funding of a Road Safety Constable.
That's quite some snip.. Are our roads going to be 'unsafer' as a result? What price a life? The Safer Roads Partnership runs the speed cameras so presumably they will be left idle while motormad goes mad with his motor?
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The total budget which supports the Council’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Programme is £72,000. It is proposed to withdraw all of this funding.
Sad but an understandable cut..