Complaints over councillors’ allowances and management salaries top Rotherham Council consultation

Concerns about the futures of Healthwatch and Rotherham Sight and Sound were also raised during the five-week period.

There were a 1,181 comments — mostly through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — about the £30 million savings proposals.

Assistant chief executive Shokat Lal said: “We have learned a lot from the social media engagement. It’s quite a good news story that we engaged further.”

Meanwhile, there were 76 responses to the online questionnaire and a total of 32 people attended the three drop-in sessions, which were all held in working hours. Just four people went to the one at Rawmarsh on November 21.