The Liberal Democrats claim Labour’s budget proposals would leave families living in council homes up to £500 a year worse off.
And they plan to tell a meeting of the council’s Executive this afternoon that the cuts are ‘not necessary’.
Lib Dem deputy leader Cllr Paula Widdowson, who will be addressing the meeting, said: “We will be urging them to rethink, and to consider the impact that this will have on people’s lives.”
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Over 230 York pensioners £7,000 a year better off with Pension Credit
Hikes to Micklegate parking charges which would see an end to half-hour rates and free Sunday morning stays for churchgoers have been put on hold following a backlash.
A former East Yorkshire subpostmaster has said he still wants “vindication” for the way he and his family were treated during the Horizon IT scandal after being made an OBE.
