Tough times for counties as Treasury proposes budget cut by 0.4 percent

National Treasury plans to reduce the 2019-2020 counties budget by 0.4 per cent.

Counties are staring at harder times as the National Treasury plans to reduce the 2019-2020 budget by 0.4 per cent.

The proposal, which is likely to put Treasury on a collision path with governors, is contained in a detailed draft 2018 Budget Review and Outlook Paper seen by The Standard.