P-06-1320 Allocate additional funding to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to ensure its sustainability
P-06-1320 Allocate additional funding to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to ensure its sustainability
This
petition was submitted by Mark Fisher, having collected a total of 1,893
signatures.
Text of Petition:
The sustainability of the
local government services delivered across Neath Port Talbot will be
significantly challenged if additional Government funding is not provided. The
ongoing impact of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine are creating an unprecedented
demand on already strained council services. We estimate a shortfall of
£5million for 2022-23 and a further £20million for 2023-24. Our communities are
struggling with the cost of living crisis and any increase in council tax must
be avoided.
Additional Information:
We require sufficient
additional resources for the Council to continue to support our communities
through these crises, maintain the essential services that people rely upon and
to bring about long term improvements in the environmental, cultural, social
and economic wellbeing of our residents. Without these monies, the only
alternative is to cut jobs and services, undermining democratic accountability
if services are lost to the private or third sectors and depleting reserves.
After over a decade of austerity measures, there are no soft options left. The
education of our children and young people, care and support for children and
vulnerable people (including those who are homeless, refugees or asylum
seekers), maintenance of the public realm and wider Council services will be
degraded. Local government terms and conditions will fall further behind public
and private sector comparators compounding the challenges of resourcing our
organisation in a highly competitive labour market.
This petition was considered completed by
the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 03/07/2023.
The
Committee considered the petition and noted their previous action to await the
final budget and Local Government settlement. Given that this has now passed
Members agreed to thank the petitioner and closed the petition.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It
was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 06/02/2023.
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 06/02/2023