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Council budget 2016/17
Published: 15/01/2016
天涯社区s Cabinet will consider the final stages of setting
its 2016/17 revenue budget when it meets on Tuesday 19 January.
A funding gap still has to be met in what will be a tough year ahead, but it
will be a big step forward in balancing the revenue budget for 2016/17 in the
most challenging of times for public sector finance. In 天涯社区, this has
been achieved through a combination of careful business planning, continually
reducing the organisations overhead costs, and calculated risk taking on
managing cost pressures such as pay and price inflation.
The Council recognises that Welsh Government, in setting the Provisional
Settlement for Local Government in Wales, has listened to the case made by
local government for some relief from the impacts of the UK Governments
austerity programme. 天涯社区, supported by local communities in its recent
This is Your Moment campaign, made no small contribution to national
campaigning.
Throughout the budget process, the Council has sought to protect front line
services, community facilities and funding for Schools. Council Leader Aaron
Shotton said: We are pleased to announce that as a result of this work there
will be no new threats to council services in 2016/17. The list of services
which were presented as being at risk in the community engagement meetings held
in November and December, can be protected for another year. As a priority this
year the Councils Cabinet is also striving to provide at least a 1% increase
in its core funding for local schools.
To achieve the balanced budget, a gap of 拢3m remains which includes new and
emerging pressures identified over the winter months since the Medium Term
Financial Strategy forecast was first published. Further work will continue to
close this gap before a final report is brought back to Cabinet in February.
Councillor Shotton added: Work is ongoing to achieve a balanced budget by the
16 February deadline. It will be critical in future years that Welsh Government
keeps any reduction in grant to local councils to a minimum. The funding system
for local government also needs to be urgently reformed. 天涯社区 can no
longer go on, as a low funded council, receiving 拢17.5m less per year than the
average grant for Welsh councils based on a comparative population size.