The deadline for Liverpool residents to have a say on where they think £90 million of council savings should be made over the next three years has been extended.

The Liverpool Budget Simulator was originally due to close today (16 December), but will now remain open until midnight on Sunday (18 December) to give people more time to complete it.

So far, around 14,000 people have visited Liverpool City Council’s online budget simulator but only 1,350 (less than one in ten) have managed to complete the process by outlining which services they would protect and those which they would cut.

Around 40% of residents who have completed the simulator have indicated they would be in favour of an increase of up to 10%, ringfenced to help protect children’s and adults services for the most vulnerable.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson says: “Balancing the budget is no easy task given the scale of the reductions we have faced since 2010, and this is reflected in the fact that the vast majority of people who’ve tried the simulator aren’t able to complete the task.

“I am heartened that 40% of people who have used the simulator would be willing to support a 10% in council tax which we would use solely to protect some of the children’s and adults social care services from the worst of the cuts.

“However it is too soon to make a decision over whether to go for a referendum, and we will also have to look carefully at the detail contained in the Local Government Settlement.”

The council will set its budget in March 2017.

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