TRAFFORD Council has announced swingeing cuts which will impact on both jobs and services .

The proposed cuts, which are being announced today, will see the loss of 199 council jobs, the likely closure of most of the borough's remaining children and youth centres, a reduction of £700,000 to the library service, the loss of one third of the 97 school crossing patrols, the council sponsored school holiday activities for the borough's children budget of £377,000 scrapped, staff losses among those monitoring safety of the public on CCTV cameras, and car parking charges doubled.

These are just part of the planned proposals as Trafford Council slashes £24.3 million from its 2015/2016 budget.

The major axe is set to fall on the Children, Families and Wellbeing budget, which will lose £17.8m, leading to the likely closure of children and young persons centres in Altrincham, Sale Urmston and Old Trafford.

It is also proposed to close six open access youth centres and Gorse Hill Studios. It is set to lose 152 staff posts.

Fees and prices are likely to hiked at centres including the Sale Waterside and the borough's music service to help generate additional revenue.

In addition, Connexions and education welfare services will only deliver the minimum statutory requirement unless it can be funded by generating income.

The authority says it will protect the most vulnerable but still intends to re-shape adult social care and will cut off funding for those people needing cleaning, domestics, shopping and laundry and ironing. The council will review mental health packages to ensure it is getting value for money.

The authority is also aiming to develop new models for people with learning disability and an all age integrated health and social care service, which it says will be community based, while cutting £1.448m from its budget

Telecare services which supports people living in their own homes will be face a cut of £116,000. The Youth Offending service will be restructured and cut by £130,000.

The authority's proposals also include no longer funding housing related support that helps people maintain their accommodation.

The authority intends to maintain two children and young people centres at both Partington and Stretford and the Talk Shop Centre for 11 to 18 year olds in Sale.

It says the early years teams will also be restructured to prioritise activitiesand it will work with schools to look at alternative funding streams to maintain school crossing patrols, where that is possible.

The authority says the loss of two operatives monitoring CCTV will be picked up by being linked in with Greater Manchester Police operations room.

Parking charges are set to increase from 10p per hour to 20p and from 30p to 60p for two hours.

Public consultation on the cuts runs from October 21 until December 12 (with secondary consultation from January to March 2015 on libraries)Trafford Council leader Sean Anstee said: "The council has always taken a pragmatic approach to its budget planning and this has served us well to date. I urge all residents to read the information available and feedback through the appropriate channels.

"We cannot continue to maintain all services with a significantly reduced budget and we are relying on each and every resident to support the council in achieving this challenge."

POLITICIANS from across Trafford have been responding to the cuts package.

Altrincham and Sale MP Graham Brady said every local authority local was having to deal with much tighter financial settlements.

He said: "Trafford has always been less generously funded than some other councils like Manchester, so the effect on Trafford seems greater.

"I work closely with Trafford Council to help ensure that we get the best financial settlements possible.

"Sometimes this is through accessing grant funding such as that which is seeing the renovation of Altrincham Interchange, or which enabled St. Ambrose College to replace old school buildings that were no longer safe for use.

"Other examples include the successful campaign that we waged to stop the closure of Altrincham hospital and secure the new build currently under way."

"Trafford has already eliminated waste and is now facing more difficult choices. Councillors are working with community groups to try to make sure that services are maintained wherever possible."

Stretford and Urmston MP Kate Green said: "I'm deeply concerned at news of cuts especially to services for children and young people, who the council has singled out to bear the brunt of the cuts.

"I understand need the for difficult spending decisions, but it is a false economy to cut support that enables children to thrive and learn."

PUBLIC consultations on the proposals will be held from 6.30pm to 8pm, are scheduled in the following areas:

Sale - Tuesday, October 28, at The Life Centre.

Partington - Monday, November 10, at The FUSE.

Old Trafford - Tuesday, November 18, at Seymour Park Primary School.

Urmston - Wednesday, November 19, at Urmston Library.

Altrincham - Tuesday, November 25, at Altrincham Town Hall.

Stretford - Wednesday, December 3, at Victoria Park Junior School.

For further information on the proposals or to leave feedback go to trafford.gov.uk/budget.