Nottingham City Council's cash woes to be discussed at public event

The council effectively declared itself bankrupt in November

Nottingham City Council has organised a public event to allow residents to find out more about how it plans to deal with its ongoing cash crisis.

The authority is planning job cuts and service reductions in a bid to address a £50m shortfall in its 2024-25 budget.

It comes after the council declared itself effectively bankrupt due to being unable to balance the books for the current financial year.

The "public engagement event" will be held at the Council House on Wednesday.

It will follow a meeting on Tuesday evening at which councillors are due to discuss proposed cost-cutting measures and finalise plans for a formal consultation.

The authority is planning to cut up to 550 full-time positions in an attempt to balance the 2024-25 budget.

Other proposals include:

• Reviewing library service provision, while maintaining a core service

• Removing the council contribution towards some grants to the voluntary and charity sector, and to arts organisations and cultural sector, including museums

• Reviewing the operation of community centres and seeking to remove council subsidised grants

• Reduce public transport infrastructure to minimum statutory provision, including removing Easylink and withdrawing funding contribution to the Medilink service

• Reducing overall capacity in Adult Social Care Assessment function

• The closure of Colwick Park Activity Centre

The council said the event, which runs from 17:30 to 19:00 GMT, would "give people a chance to hear from leading councillors and officers on the proposals, the current national crisis in local government and ask questions".