City councillors have passed a “budget of common sense” for the next year which includes a raft of controversial new parking charges and £700,000 worth of savings. The Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition at Canterbury City Council voted through its first budget taking effect from April. But councillors stress they will take “tough decisions” over the next few years. At a meeting of all members of the council in the city’s Guildhall on Thursday (February 22), politicians met to hash out the plans. Cllr Mike Sole (Lib Dem), cabinet member for finance, told councillors: “This budget is much more th…