NEXT year's Council budget - which includes a 2.99 per cent Council Tax rise, will go to public consultation after being discussed by leading Councillors.

Bradford Council's Executive kicked off the 2022/23 budget process at a meeting on Tuesday morning.

They heard that there would be no cuts to services, and no redundancies, although the Council leader warned that current uncertainty about Government funding for Councils meant that they could not budget beyond the coming year.

If approved by the Full Council in February, taxpayers will pay an extra 1.99 per cent in Council tax a year, along with a "social care surcharge" of one per cent.

The budget will also bring in a "living wage" of at least £9.50 an hour for all Council staff and a £50 discount to Council Tax bills of working age Council Tax Reduction Scheme recipients.

Council Leader Susan Hinchcliffe pointed out that Council Tax rise was below inflation.

She said 60 per cent of Council tax went on paying for children's and adult social care, adding: "A lot of people don't realise this. The Council does a lot more than just collect the bins.

"These are areas of increasing costs."

Members voted to support the budget plans, which will now go out to public consultation.