The authority has to try and balance it
Labour-run Nottingham City Council must find an another £3.6m to pay energy bills amid soaring costs. The extra spending was discussed during an Executive Board meeting on Tuesday, December 20, where a Labour councillor described the situation as “frightening”.
The change in stance from a price cap to a price discount came in the Government’s autumn statement. Nottingham City Council says it is therefore paying more because there is no upper limit on bills, and it must find ways to save on energy elsewhere.Cllr Sally Longford , the portfolio holder for energy, said: “Obviously the energy costs are causing problems for everybody now, each individual is finding it harder to justify putting their central heating on. “The council is no different.
“It is actually just a price discount which is predicted to cost us an additional £3.6m this year, and we have got to try and balance that and find ways of protecting ourselves from those increasing costs in the coming months and years. It is quite frightening how we are being told one thing and making plans and preparing ourselves to try and balance the budget in the face of this sort of announcement, and then to find the rug has been pulled.
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