Hounslow would lose out on nearly £62 per household next year, under proposed government funding cuts.

Hounslow Council would receive a total of £208.5 million in central government grants and council tax in 2014/15, down by £6m, or 2.8 per cent from last year, under the plans.

A further 1.8 per cent reduction is proposed for the following year, equivalent to nearly £38 per household.

The provisional local government finance settlement was announced by the Department for Communities and Local Government on Wednesday, December 18.

Hounslow Council leader Jagdish Sharma said the announcement had a ‘depressingly familiar tone’ and meant it would have to cut spending by £14m in 2015/16. The council already plans to slash spending by another £12m next year, bringing the total budget cuts since 2010 to £60m.

“These figures mask the true cost, as larger cuts to our basic funding will be offset with additional money for adult social care, but we don’t yet know what strings the Government will attach to this,” said Mr Sharma.

“We also still don’t have the details about the new school funding formula, which makes it difficult for us, and schools, to plan ahead.”

Sir Merrick Cockell, chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), said: “Today’s settlement confirms that councils will continue to be at the sharp end of public sector spending cuts up to 2016, but that Government has started to listen to local authorities and made some important concessions without which local services would have suffered.”

The settlement also includes an extra £2.35bn ‘basic needs funding’ for councils across the country to provide extra school places by 2017.

Hounslow Council needs to find another £29 million to create an extra 3,150 primary school places for 2015/16.