Draft Budget - key points
By law, councils must set a balanced budget. We can’t spend more than we receive, so need to find ways to close the budget gap.
The council has been working hard to identify strategies to cut spend and increase income, to try and minimise the impact on council taxpayers and services.
On 2 October 2024, the Cabinet agreed to engage on a wide range of savings proposals which included:
- moving to three weekly waste collection, removal of wheelie bins and introducing charges for green waste (originally proposed to save £739k)
- a reduction in street cleansing staff (originally proposed to save £379k)
- a reduction in drainage repair teams and highways maintenance budget (originally proposed to save £210k)
After listening to feedback from the public during an engagement exercise held in the autumn the above proposals are NOT now being considered.
How the budget is spent
Find out more about how the budget is spent.
Have your say
We are consulting on these proposals until Friday 31 January 2025 and would value your views.