direct to your inboxTaxpayers in Manchester will see their council tax bills rise from April after the council set its yearly budget - which includes cuts of £41m.Leaders say the 4.99 per cent increase will raise £8.5m to protect vital frontline services such as social care after a year in which finances have been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.It will mean the annual council tax bill for Band D properties will rise by £71.13 to £1,496.59 - before taking into account mayoral and police precepts.Savings approved on Friday will see more than 160 jobs lost, adding to the 4,000 jobs - 40pc of the workforce - lost through £379m budget cuts since austerity began in 2010.More than £2m will be taken from the budgets of the city’s homelessness.
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