ALL of Barnsley’s councillors will meet next week to discuss plans to increase council tax bills by 3.4 per cent - but Barnsley’s Liberal Democrats are set to lodge an amendment to the proposals, the Chronicle can reveal.

At a cabinet meeting earlier this month, members discussed the local authority’s medium-term financial strategy which sets out a ‘balanced budget’ for the upcoming year.

The proposed hike - lower than last year’s 4.9 per cent rise - will now be deliberated at a full council meeting on Thursday.

The rise is in line with inflation and bosses have opted to not increase council tax by the maximum of five per cent - unlike other councils across the country.

It’s anticipated that the increase will bring a total of £135m into the council’s coffers.

However, the leader of Barnsley’s Lib Dems, Coun Hannah Kitching, told the Chronicle that the official opposition group will submit an amendment.

Coun Kitching wants cash to be secured as part of the budget to use on improving the town’s roads.

She said: “More money needs to be ring-fenced for Barnsley’s crumbling road network, as it does for road safety.

“They’re two issues which are frequently brought up by the borough’s residents but there is a clear lack of action on dealing with either.”