Council reserves
We are often asked if the council’s reserves can be used to balance the budget.
To keep these at the lowest level set out in the General Reserves Policy (i.e. 4% of the net revenue budget), there is little scope to use general reserves to support the council’s 2025-26 budget proposals.
Have your say
We are consulting on these proposals until Friday 31 January 2025 and would value your views.