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On top of these cuts, the coalition government have withdrawn £42m of funding for improving school buildings in Havering. The cuts will mean the loss of some 300 jobs of which 100 are likely to be redundancies. Other areas affected over the next three years are adult social care, school transport, public protection, housing, loss of the mobile library, increase in fees and charges, street cleansing operations, parks maintenance, parking operations and communications. In addition, the free swimming scheme is also scrapped. While the Residents' Association recognise the need to reduce the £156billion national budget deficit, at a local level we will work tirelessly to ensure that the savings put forward by the Council stand up to robust scrutiny and the implications fully assessed to ensure that front-line services are protected while waste and duplication is stripped away. We are entering a new age of austerity in which the council will reduce in size. We will ensure that that the decisions which are made withstand the closest examination and look for better and more efficient ways of working. It is vital to demonstrate to the residents of Havering that resources are used efficiently, value for money obtained every step of the way and that we never return to the days of huge hikes in council tax. The full Cabinet report can be viewed at http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4233
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Havering Council face huge spending cuts as austerity measures imposed by the coalition government will mean a loss of jobs and services. A recent report to the Council set out cuts of £19m for the next three years rising to approximately £50m over five years.