The city council budget has been provisionally approved, with council tax rises and increases in charges for some council services.

The Labour-run Nottingham City Council says it has been forced to make £22 million in savings due in part to a reduction in Government funding.

The plans will now go for consultation, before they are voted on in the new year. If approved, they would come into effect from April next year.

We’ve had a look at some of the most significant ways it will affect Nottingham residents.

Council tax will go up

The city council is putting its part of the council tax up by 2.99 percent. However the final figure is likely to be higher, because the police and fire service can also put up their part of the council tax, and are expected to do so.

While the final total rise is not yet known, the city council’s part will go up by £50.48 a year for a Band D property, and £33.66 for a Band A property.

It says the amount of money it receives from the Government has reduced by £101 million a year between 2013/14 and next year.

Council leader Jon Collins said: “We don’t want to increase council tax but the Government has left us with no other option if we are going to continue providing vital local services.”

Day care charges for people with disabilities going up

Costs for day care will go up from £12 a week to £20 a week and transport to day care will go up from £8 to £16 per return journey.

It says this will bring it in line with national guidance, and will impact on 166 citizens who have been assessed as able to contribute to the cost of the care.

This will save £247,000 next year. Only those with savings of more than £23,250 or a high weekly income will be asked to pay.

The council's social care boss Sam Webster said: “We know that this increase in cost will be unwelcome, but we are having to make difficult decisions this year on how we use our funding to pay for services that support people.

“No one at the council wants to make cuts or increase charges for people, but we now have much less Government funding available for our council to try to provide the same level of services for our citizens. And that just can’t be done.”

Link bus routes being reduced

The annual budget for Link buses is £1.77 million, and this will be reduced by £861,000 over three years.

Link buses currently operate several routes to the city, including from Beeston, Wollaton Park Estate, Bulwell, and West Bridgford.

Council transport boss Dave Liversidge said: “Unfortunately the continued pressure on our budget has forced us to look for savings, which will see some reductions on these services.”

Reduction in funding for NGY youth centre

NGY was opened in 2012, and is the flagship youth centre for the city. The council's contribution will be reduced by £30,000 per year for three years.

Early years council boss David Mellen, said: “NGY is an amazing facility for young people in the city, so we’re extremely sorry that we aren’t able to continue to make more of a contribution to its running costs.

“We have to be clear: no one at the council wants to make cuts and take services away from people, but we now have less funding available for our council to try to provide the same level of services for our citizens. And that just can’t be done.”

Sunday parking charges to be brought in line with the rest of the week

Currently, parking in the city is cheaper on a Sunday than it is from Monday to Saturday.

This will change, and parking will cost the same all week.

Parking in zone one will costs £1 per half hour, rather than 50p per half hour.

The council says this will help simplify charges, and increase turnover of spaces.

27 job losses

These include in constitutional services, IT, legal services, and the registration service.

A council spokesman said: “We are conducting a review in order to reduce the number of management roles in the organisation, with a view to saving £1.2 million. Other savings proposals will see a reduction of at least 27 posts, with more likely.”

'Cease October Festival activity'

The October Festival brought together old and new events in October, including the Goose Fair, Robin Hood Beer Festival and the Spiegel Tent.

The proposal removes the promotion of events in October as a festival, as well as the subsidy the council provided for events that are no longer sustainable - in particular the Spiegel Tent which, after it returns in May (funded from the current budget) is not scheduled to come back to the city.

The council says the change will enable it to continue to fund events throughout the year.

School meal prices to go up

Prices of paid school meals will go up from £2.05 a day to £2.15 a day from April 2019.

£2 evening parking rate to be scrapped

Currently parking in zones one and two between 6pm and 8pm costs £2.

This will be brought in line with the rates between 8am and 6pm, meaning it will cost £1 per half hour in zone one, 50p per half hour in zone two and 25p in zone three.

What does the Government say?

The delayed council funding settlement was announced last week.

The minister for local government, Conservative James Brokenshire, said: “I’m delivering a settlement which paves the way for a fairer, more self-sufficient and resilient future for local government and a brighter future for the people and places they serve.

“This settlement delivers a real-terms increase in spending for local authorities in 2019 to 2020 and gives them more control over the money they raise too, while protecting residents against excessive council tax rises."