• Sudbury residents asked for their opinions

  By SudburyPeople at 16:23 on 31/07/12

  

  Working together with Mid Suffolk District Council, Babergh District Council is starting a consultation process to find out what people want from THEIR local authority. Described as a 'community engagement process' people living in Sudbury are being asked a number of different questions, some of which are listed below: -What's good about living in Sudbury? -What do you want to change about Sudbury? -What type of people are involved in...

• Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council will continue working together

  By SudburyPeople at 10:03 on 02/07/12

  

  IT HAS recently been announced that Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council will continue working together with the aim of 'cutting costs'. Both district councils need to make a saving of £3.5 million over the next three years. They have already started working combining their management team and reducing the number of managers working for Babergh and Mid Suffolk. Cllr Jennie Jenkins, Chair of the Strategy...

• Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council merge staff

  By SudburyPeople at 16:39 on 16/03/12

  

  What do people living in Sudbury think about the merger of the management team of Babergh District Council with Mid Suffolk District Council? A representative from Babergh District Council told Sudbury People that the 'intergration' of the two councils employees is going to save £1.5 Million between now and the end of 2013. In June 2011 people in Sudbury were invited to vote about the possible merger of Babergh District...

• Babergh District Council propose tax hike

  By SudburyPeople at 10:09 on 08/03/12

  

  As you may have read in the local press, Babergh District Council has proposed a tax rise of 3.5% without consulting Sudbury and Hadleigh's residents. Nationally 15 % of local authorities are planning to increase the amount of council tax people pay. However it is only Babergh District Council and Huntingdon which will be making the maximum 3.5 % rise without seeing what local people think. Babergh District Council is currently in the...

• Sudbury long stay car parking charges increase, but there is good news for shoppers

  By SudburyPeople at 09:53 on 13/01/12

  

  Babergh District Council has decided to go ahead with a proposal to increase the long stay car parking charges in Sudbury and Hadleigh by 50 pence. This means that drivers parking in Sudbury's council run car parks for longer than three hours could now have to pay £2.00. The proposed increase in long stay parking charges is one of the ways Babergh District Council hopes to save £1.3 million next year. They will also be...

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