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Stockport council to plough £1.25m into six schemes to help bring borough back

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Stockport council is to invest more than £1m in ‘one off monies’ to help the borough bounce back from the pandemic over the next 12 months.

These six schemes - ranging from flood prevention to mental health - form part of its proposed budget for the 2022/23 financial year.

But this also includes a 3.5pc increase in council tax, which means an average Band D household can expect to see its annual bill rise by more than £60. READ MORE : Stockport residents facing 3.5 per cent council tax rise from April Deputy council leader Tom McGee says bosses are aware of the ‘burden’ this will place on residents - so have identified a number of ‘positive investments’ to tackle some long-standing issues in the borough.

The cash comes from one-off grants rather than expected tax revenue, and is separate from the main capital expenditure programme.

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