​A massive overhaul of council services in Hull will be needed to cope with budget cuts of up to £90 million, the Mail can reveal.

City council leader Carl Minns has admitted redundancies could not be ruled out and added: “There are no sacred cows.

“We can’t cut that amount of money without looking at everything we currently do.”

All services, including leisure facilities and bin collections, could be hit, although details of cutbacks are not yet clear.

Free early morning bus travel for the over-60s is expected to be among the first casualty.

The subsidy which pays fares before the 9.30am start-time for the national concessionary scheme currently costs the council around £700,000-a-year.

East Riding councillors agreed to withdraw a similar concession earlier this month.

The city council is also set to save money by pulling out of the Safer Roads Humber partnership, which manages speed cameras across the region.

Council customer service centres will also close on Saturdays to save money.

Guildhall officials are forecasting that savings of around 30 per cent will be needed over the next four years following the coalition government’s recent emergency budget.

The city council’s current annual revenue budget, which covers staffing costs and day-to-day operational issues, is £438.2 million.

All councils will find out in October what future government funding levels to expect until 2014.

But Mr Minns said: “Overall we are probably looking at having to reduce the budget by up to a third over the next four years.

“In monetary terms, we are talking about somewhere between £60 million and £90 million.

“Because we don’t yet know the outcome of the government’s spending review it’s still educated guesswork at this stage, but it’s not going to be far off unless something dramatic happens.”

He said he could not put a figure on how many jobs at the council would be at risk.

“I am hoping we can manage this without any compulsory redundancies.

“It should not be beyond our collective abilities to avoid having to make mass redundancies.

“Between 800 and 900 people already leave the authority every year for a variety of reasons.

“If we get our redeployment and re-training procedures right and if people in posts that might no longer be required are willing to be flexible then we should be able to make the necessary reductions,” he added.

Council workers who earn over £21,000-a-year are already facing a pay freeze under the government’s emergency budget.

Ministers have also ordered councils to freeze council tax bills next year; limiting their scope to raise extra income.

Mr Minns ruled out any “firesale” of council assets as part of the savings drive in Hull but said there would be a major re-think on how services are delivered.

“There are big opportunities for more joined-up public services in Hull which can deliver big savings,” he added.

Recent moves to relocate staff based in leased city centre offices into council-owned premises is expected to continue along with an on-going review of the authority’s property portfolio.

It’s believed a number of housing estate offices and adult care facilities could also be closed .

Martin Fox, the city council’s head of finance, warned: “The level of savings required over the next few years is unprecedented and will not be able to be achieved simply through efficiency savings or salami slicing service budgets.

“Across local government it will require a radical review of priorities, services and how they are delivered.”