A cash-strapped council has axed funding for community Christmas trees.
Labour-run Kirklees Council said it could no longer afford to pay for community Christmas trees or subsidise the cost.
It comes after the council froze all non-essential spending as it looks to save 47m.
Green opposition group leader Andrew Cooper described it as a case of “Kirklees cancels Christmas”.
He told BBC Radio Leeds people would struggle to find the money and faced losing “things that are part of the fabric of the year”.
Communities which want a public Christmas tree will now have to pay 1,100, councillors have been told.
The council said it had “never offered free trees across the board” but had previously prov…
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