Somerset Council has voted through cuts to services totalling £35m, as well as an increase in people's council tax bills. The Liberal Democrat-run authority agreed its budget for 2024/25 at a ...

Somerset Council have declared a financial emergency as it voted through 'urgent' measures to close a £100m budget gap amid fears that it could go bust like Birmingham. The local authority was ...

Somerset residents could see a larger increase in their council tax after the government said Somerset Council can put up its part of the bill by 7.5% this year. The normal limit on increases is 5 ...

Job cuts at a cash-strapped council will hurt services and may not save it from going bust, union leaders have warned. Somerset Council, which is raising council tax by 7.49% in April, is letting ...