COUNCIL officials have published details of services facing the axe as a result of a Government capping order.

Hambleton District Council is proposing cuts in closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and recycling after ministers ruled plans to raise council tax by 17.6 per cent were excessive.

Finance officials have put forward plans to withdraw the kerbside recycling scheme in Thirsk and the financial assistance offered to Crucial Crew, the safety workshop scheme involving school children.

The number of Hambleton News magazines produced would be reduced from three to two a year and the mileage rate paid to council members and officers will be re-evaluated.

The introduction of CCTV in Bedale and the extension of the scheme in Thirsk would be suspended and £20,000 cut from the amount spent on the staff canteen.

The total savings identified amount to about £1m over the next four years.

Cabinet members have already reset this year's budget to find the £196,000 of income lost through the capping order.

Last month, council leader Arthur Barker warned that the authority would be £21m in debt by 2014 if it did not cut spending.

He said reserves would be gone in three years and residents would face a 90 per cent increase in council tax to maintain services.

The council's cultural and social overview and scrutiny committee will discuss the proposals next Tuesday.