Both Liverpool City Council and the combined authority have released their budget plans for the coming year - with implications including council tax rises, and freezes on Mersey Tunnel toll prices.
People will be asked to pay more council tax and additional car parking charges in Liverpool as the city council aims to balance its books after a decade of cuts.
City Council yesterday revealed his budget plans for the next financial year, .
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And while the authority will again propose that the people of the city are charged a maximum increase in council tax of 3.99% - the budget proposals may not be as drastic as many have feared.
That's because the council have managed to reduce the amount of savings it needs to make in this budget from £57.6m to £30m.
This significant reduction comes on the back of improved business rates and council tax receipts and an improved government settlement for adult social care that was confirmed in December.
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The biggest boost to the council coffers has come in the shape of a £15m reduction in contributions to the Merseyside Pension Fund for 2020/21, achieved because the councils investments in the fund have performed better than expected.
Despite this, there is still £30m of savings to find - which comes after an overall government cut of £436m since 2010 - which has seen Liverpool hit harder than any other city.
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But unlike many other cities and councils, Liverpool will again plan to keep its libraries, leisure centres and children's centres up and running despite the severe cuts.
But the money has to come from somewhere - and some of the budget proposals will not be popular.
Car parking charges
Liverpool Council owns and operates 11 car parks, largely around the city centre - including major sites in Victoria Street, Dale Street and Mount Pleasant.
As part of the savings plan, the fees for using these facilities will go up in April if the budget package is accepted.
The aim is to raise an extra £500,000 a year through this method.
Council tax
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Another measure that will not go down well with the public - but these days it seems inevitable for local authorities to raise council tax to fund services.
Liverpool will again propose a maximum increase - of 3.99% - which will raise an extra £7.2m for the year ahead.
A consultation on the proposals will begin on Friday, before a decision is made by the full council in March.
What did the combined authority announce?
The from the combined authority budget announcement is that Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram will freeze the cost of tunnel tolls for Liverpool City Region motorists.
The city region leader has announced in his latest budget plans for the next financial year - and it will not involve asking drivers to pay more to get in and out of the Mersey Tunnels.
This time last year confirmed that one of his major manifesto pledges ahead of his 2017 election victory would be brought in.
That meant that the price of a single fast-tag journey through the Kingsway or Queensway tunnels being reduced to just £1 for those living in the city region.
Under this year's budget plans, that will remain the case - as will all other toll prices, with a Class One journey through the tunnels continuing to cost £1.80.
Mayor Rotheram will also be freezing the that was introduced last year to pay for the staffing and priorities of his office.
This means that those living in the lowest value homes (Band A properties) will continue to pay an additional £12.67 on their council tax bills - with that amount increasing for those living in more valuable properties.
The budget report states that in order to not impose a further tax rise on residents, Mayor Rotheram will use 'other resources' to fund Mayoral costs.
One area of the budget that will not be frozen is the transport levy, which is set to increase by 2.1% - the first rise in three years.
This increase will be found by each of the six borough councils in the combined authority as they make their budget proposals for the next financial year.
These include continuing work on a landmark Mersey Tidal Power project aimed at harnessing clean, green energy from the River Mersey.
It also includes Mayor Rotheram's commitment to change and improve the way buses are operated around the city region - which could include moving to a new franchise model of operation.
The combined authority will also oversee the arrival of the first of a new £460m fleet of state-of-the-art trains on the Merseyrail network later this year.