Halton Borough Council has imposed a moratorium on non-essential spending to help deal with a predicted overspend on this year’s budget of £6.1m.
A report to the council’s executive said that the overspend is due to a delay in implementing some of the £9.3m of savings included in the budget.
The children and families department is predicting an overspend of £4.5m against its net budget of £22.8m, the report said.
