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City Budget escapes the cap

5.52.26pm UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 29th Apr 2004

Houses of Parliament Westminster in London (photography: Season Prater)

Reacting to the announcement made today in the House of Commons that Brighton and Hove City Council will not be capped, Lib Dem City Council Group Leader, Councillor Paul Elgood said:

'The Lib Dems on the council worked constructively to ensure a single figure council tax increase and a budget which was not capped. In doing so we also helped to ensure that the least damaging cuts were made to services.

'We were criticised by the other parties for doing this and today's announcement shows that they were wrong, and that they should have joined us in acting in the best interests of residents.

'The Government should not be capping local authorities, but instead reforming the unfair council tax.'

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