Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Revised Recycling & Waste Collection

There will be a revised recycling and waste collection service operating over the Bank Holiday period.

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Frequently Asked Questions: Council budgets and spending

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Council budgets and spending FAQs

Q: Budget Consultation: Why are you doing this? Can’t you just tell the Government that it can’t be done?

Q: Budget Consultation: What about protecting spending on services and putting up council tax instead?

Q: Budget Consultation: Isn't there a lot of waste in how things are run at the Council? - What has the Council done to use our money more efficiently?

Q: Budget Consultation: How do I know my views will really be taken into account, can I really help influence decisions?

Q: Budget Consultation: Who is going to speak up for me?

Q: Budget Consultation: Are you going to be cutting benefits?

Q: Budget Consultation: Are you considering cutting jobs at the Council?

Q: Budget Consultation: How are you working with partners to tackle this challenge (i.e. Police, Health and Fire Service)?

Q: Budget Consultation: How will you let us know about final decisions?

Q: Budget Consultation: When are these changes going to be made?

Q: Transparency Publication: I am a supplier and the supplier name in the published data is not correct and I would like it changed. Who do I speak to?

Q: Transparency Publication: I am a supplier and I do not recognise a payment made by the Council to me. Who can I contact to ask about a particular transaction?

Q: Transparency Publication: I don’t understand the column headings in the files containing the expenditure data, what do the headings mean?

Q: Transparency Publication: In the supplier name column there are rows with REDACTED PERSONAL DATA in the Supplier name column. What does it mean?

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