![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/jeremy-hunt-plots-new-age-of-austerity-with-sweeping-cuts-to-police-and-buses/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2_BRITAIN-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT-1.jpg&description=Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are meeting again today as they look at slashing public spending growth by up to £25bn a year from 2025 - while county councils plan to slash bus routes and libraries and turn off street lights at nightJeremy Hunt in the House of Commons as the Chancellor plots his budget statement Police, transport and cash-starved town halls face sweeping cuts as Jeremy Hunt plots a new age of austerity. The Chancellor is looking at cutting up to £25bn a year after 2025 by reducing public spending growth from 3.7% to as little as 1%. That could give him nearly half the £54bn savings he wants in next week's Autumn Statement - and delay them to after a 2024 election. But Krishan Shah of the Resolution Foundation warned: 'It would mean cutting back services like policing, transport and local government – which are already under severe strain – to levels last seen at the peak of the austerity period.' Mr Hunt and Rishi Sunak are meeting again today to nail down £21bn a year of tax rises and £33bn of spending cuts by 2027/28. Their plans include a £35bn stealth grab on income tax over six years of freezes, and a possible green light for higher council tax rises. It comes as a damning survey says three quarters of county councils are likely to cut bus subsidies - which let services run on less popular routes - in a bid to save cash. Nearly two thirds are likely to turn off some streetlights during the night, says the survey for the County Councils Network. More than half said they would likely reduce opening hours at libraries or recycling centres - or shut them altogether. And 72% said it is 'likely or very likely' they would tighten eligibility for care homes. Just 22% told the County Councils Network they are confident of avoiding "financial insolvency" without extra government help. The CCN said councils are grappling with £3.5bn of extra costs "this year and next" due to inflation and rising demand. Sam Corcoran, Labour Vice-Chairman of the County Counci){kind=link}
Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are meeting again today as they look at slashing public spending growth by up to £25bn a year from 2025 – while county councils plan to slash bus routes and libraries and turn off street lights at night
Police, transport and cash-starved town halls face sweeping cuts as Jeremy Hunt plots a new age of austerity.
The Chancellor is looking at cutting up to £25bn a year after 2025 by reducing public spending growth from 3.7% to as little as 1%.
That could give him nearly half the £54bn savings he wants in next week’s Autumn Statement – and delay them to after a 2024 election.
But Krishan Shah of the Resolution Foundation warned: “It would mean cutting back services like policing, transport and local government â which are already under severe strain â to levels last seen at the peak of the austerity period.”