Park rangers are among the council departments set for a reprieve in amended budget proposals.

Six of the nine Brighton and Hove City Council park ranger team were set for the axe in a move to save £175,000.

But the team are set to receive good news in amended budget papers which are set to go live this afternoon after a campaign combining unions, conservation groups and opposition councillors called for their jobs to be saved.

Local bus services and community groups are also set for an improved budget second time around following the publication of initial publications in November.

The papers released later will also reveal how the authority seeks to make the final fifth of £25 million of cuts in 2016/17 which will see around 100 posts  

A further £68 million worth of custs will be made by 2020 with 540 council posts being cut in total.

Taxpayers look set to see their bills rise by 3.99 per cent from April if the proposals are agreed.

Council leader Warren Morgan has called on rival Green and Conservative parties to back the amended proposals which will be debated at next Thursday's policy and resources committee and voted on by full council on February 25.

He said: “We have listened and we have acted.

"We have closed the £9 million budget gap we were faced with when taking office, and we are putting forward a lawful, balanced and responsible budget in the face of huge Tory cuts to local councils. 

“We have worked hard to reduce the cuts to services like the park rangers, to protect the bus services and community grants that people rely on, and to ensure that our vital care services have the funds they need to do their work.

“The Government has forced all city and county councils into a 4 per cent council tax increase, and into making deep cuts to the services we all use, so I have joined with politicians from across the political spectrum in saying enough is enough, this can’t go on.”

“I hope the Government will have a change of heart, but in the meantime we will give as much certainty as we can through a four-year budget plan, get as many innovative ideas as we can through our City Innovation Challenge, and focus what resources the city has on helping people who are struggling financially, especially through the work of our Fairness Commission."