Councillors pass a £1.1bn budget aimed at protecting services

Council tax will go up from April after councillors voted through a £1.1 billion budget for 2022-23. Brighton and Hove City Council is putting council tax up by 1.99 per cent, with a 1 per cent “precept” for adult social care making a 2.99 per cent increase in total. Once the precepts for the Sussex...