Implications for Wirral of the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Director of Finance advised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Pre-Budget Report (PBR) on 9 December 2009 and summarised the key implications for local authorities.

Resolved - That continuing support be given to the Local Government Association in presenting the case that as local authorities are the most efficient part of the public sector and are already contributing more than their fair share to savings, any increased efficiencies should be weighted towards other parts of the public sector.