What Council services matter to you?

It is no secret that money is tight for public services right now.

With national debt going through the roof, organisations, such as local councils, are having to look at new ways of delivering vital services for less money. As part of this, we are looking at completely transforming the services we provide by basing them on our core purpose of ‘Helping You Help Yourself.’ By using this radical new approach we believe we are putting ourselves in the best possible position to face up to the ever tightening purse-strings. Latest estimates show we will have to save around £100million in the next few years. The need to make savings this big will mean a complete and radical change to the services we provide – stopping some while completely redesigning others. And we want to do this while keeping taxes low.

This is where you come in.

And this is where the people of Northamptonshire come in because we do not believe it is right to make these kinds of huge changes without involving you. The You Choose campaign is being launched to make sure this can happen The campaign will be made up of a series of road-shows taking place in the towns and boroughs across the county, which will give you the chance to video record your views on the services you most value and how you feel public money can be saved. Those of you who can’t come to our roadshows can give your views online on our website. We will also be taking part in discussions with people on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Details of all these opportunities are on this website - please give us your views on how best to tackle the challenges ahead.

To find out more, or to make your views heard, visit the Northamptonshire County Council website "You Choose" - http://youchoose.northamptonshire.gov.uk/home