Northern Ireland council to make 2nd highest savings in UK

“In striking the (domestic) Rate (5.99%), Newry Mourne and Down District Council has sought to make savings in the financial year 2023-24 to minimise the impact on the ratepayer and the use of its reserves.'

A Northern Ireland council is set to have the second highest savings of any council in the UK as a percentage of its net budget.

A NMDDC spokesperson said: “In striking the Rate , Newry Mourne and Down District Council has sought to make savings in the financial year 2023-24 to minimise the impact on the ratepayer and the use of its reserves. Employee wages currently make up 50% of the council's expenditure with any potential rise in pay being required to be absorbed in to this year's agreed budget.

"The outcome of any pay process will have been made to be managed in year, if the pay award exceeds the working assumptions made." In the Shared Data Unit's Northern Ireland data, statistics were gathered from eight responding councils out of the total 11.

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