Barnet Borough Council will have made cuts worth up to £90m by the end of the decade.

The authority faces having to cut £17.3m from services between 2015 and 2016, and a further £73.5m from 2016 to 2020.

It is now asking people for their views on its five-year strategic plan, including how it can meet the budget gap.

Part of the ruling Conservative party’s plans includes cutting library services – something which has been met with a barrage of anger by the opposition Labour group as well as residents across Barnet.

The online consultation will run until February 11, 2015.

Councillor Richard Cornelius, leader of Barnet Council, said: “It is important that we are honest about the scale of the challenge facing the council and have the widest possible debate about how local services might have to change over the coming decade.

“Over the course of this decade the spending power of the council will halve, given a reduced central government grant, pressures of demographic change, inflation and a growth in demand for key services.

“There is a clear trade off – either the public sector changes how services are provided, or it makes more severe cuts.”