THE full impact of £21 million of savings coming out of a city council's budget have been fully revealed for the first time.

Children's centres, youth services, adult social care and public toilets will all lose huge chunks of their funding in savings that opponents say will harm the most vulnerable.

And unions and opposition councillors have predicted the cuts will cause “unrest” among council staff and residents in Brighton and Hove.

And more will follow in future years with £68 million to come out of the local authority's budget by 2020.

While it seems increasingly likely this budget will be passed first time around on February 25, it also means no hope for a last minute reprieve for any of the five children’s centres being cut or the Tower House Day Centre.

The majority of an additional two per cent council tax increase to help pay for adult social care will only meet increasing demand and cost of services, council officers have warned.

The council's total budget will only reduce by £6.3 million. But rising wages and cost increases totalling £2.9 million alongside £11.5 million in increased costs for adult care, children’s social care and homelessness have helped pushed the need for savings up to £21 million.

The proposed budget will also see the largest council tax rise in the city for a decade with residents asked to find an additional 3.99 per cent or £60 a year for a band D house.

Mark Turner, GMB branch secretary, said: “These cuts are going to affect the most vulnerable not just for this year but for the next few years to come.

“In particular adult social services will take an absolute pounding.

“I certainly couldn’t rule out there being unrest within council staff this year, who knows at some point this year I could be standing on a picket line.”

Phelim MacCafferty, Green group convenor, said: "There's very little change here from what was originally proposed, Labour are still proposing massive cuts to children's centres, youth services, animal welfare and care for older and disabled people, including cuts to meals on wheels and day centres.

"The small revisions in the final proposals do little to address the very real concerns of residents in the city."

Minor consolation can be found in the council not having to find an additional £4 million savings outlined in November because of an improved Government settlement, an additional two per cent council tax rise and increased council tax receipts.

Cllr Warren Morgan, leader of the council, said: “There is no easy solution to the relentless cuts in funding and increasing costs of rising demand for many services.

"However this budget takes a longer term view across our services, making sure that we protect the funding that supports those who need it most while looking for new and innovative ways to raise funds ourselves and provide good services at lower cost."