The Council’s Partnership Cabinet has now published its response to the 2023/24 budget consultation after carefully considering your views. The Overview and Scrutiny Board also reviewed the proposals and made recommendations.
As a result, some changes have been made to the initial proposals. These can be found in the Cabinet’s Response to Consultation document below.
The Cabinet’s final budget proposals will be considered at the Meeting of the Council being held on 7 March 2023 when the budget will be decided (by a simple majority vote) and the Council Tax levels will be set.
Provides the Cabinet’s response to the consultation and amended budget proposals.
Report of the public consultation carried out on the 2023/24 budget proposals.
Provides a summary of the Cabinet’s budget proposals
Set out details of the Cabinet’s proposals for investment, efficiencies, and income generation.
Provides technical details to support the Cabinet’s budget proposals for 2023/24
This explains what capital schemes the Council will fund over the coming year and the progress we expect to make on them.
The Cabinet’s proposals for the fees and charges for 2023/2024
Provides a description of what each Council service does and how much it is proposed to spend next year, including how much income each service is expected to receive
Sets out the principles to be used in the allocation of capital investment across the Council’s services and informs decisions
| All Funding | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Council Tax | 23.6% |
| Adult Social Care Precept | 0.5% |
| Collection fund surplus/(deficit) | 0.1% |
| Revenue support grant | 2.2% |
| Business rates (net) | 11.6% |
| New homes bonus and other grants | 0.0% |
| Service Income and Grants | 45.2% |
| Housing Benefit | 0.0% |
| Schools Grant | 13.7% |
| Public Health Grant | 3.0% |
These figures update the information provided in the printed booklet. We apologise that some draft figures were inaccurate, please refer to the data below for the final funding details.