Public toilets may close permanently to cut costs.
Brighton and Hove City Council is looking to save money by slashing services such as youth arts programmes, reducing staffed hours at libraries and closing toilets permanently.
Around £300,000 will be saved by closing toilets in the city.
The council is also considering charging people to use busy toilets, mainly those on the seafront.
A report to the council’s policy and resources committee today said that the government’s three-year spending review, which was supposed to increase council spending power, was not enough to deal with the joint blows of high inflation and national pay awards.
Twenty four jobs are at risk of redundancy and 38 unfilled jobs could be deleted as officials try to balance the £19 million shortfall.
The council said the budget report showed how high inflation, a weak economy, the cost-of-living crisis and real-terms government funding cuts were affecting the council’s finances.
It came under fire after announcing plans that 17 of the city’s 57 public toilets would close over the winter until April next year.
Closures so far include Royal Pavilion Gardens, West Pier Arches and The Level.
More than 500 people signed a petition demanding that the council reopen the Prince’s Place public toilets near the Royal Pavilion.
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