Hayling Island Household Waste Recycling Centre in Fishery Lane, Hayling Island – half of the county’s tips could be closed although it has not been decided which ones.
Published in the Portsmouth News on the 3rd November 2017
Story by Loughlan Campbell & Millie Salkeld
CONCERNS were raised about the future of Hampshire’s public services as radical £140m cuts were agreed by councillors.
Following a lengthy debate spanning several hours, Hampshire County Council gave the green light to the savings on Thursday.
“This is a very dark day for Hampshire and it is a very dark day for this county council”
Councillor Keith House
It means £480m has been cut from the authority’s budget over the last 11 years.
The cuts will strip £55.9m from the adult health and social care budget and the scrapping of half of the county’s household waste recycling centres.
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