Your target is to find £9.5 million to close the budget gap.
You have found sufficient options to balance our budget.
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Reducing expenditure by £4 million or less is more likely to be achieved with limited impact onto services to the public and we already have projects included in our Change Programme which could achieve this level of expenditure reduction.
Reducing expenditure by £4 million (up to 3%) or less is more likely to be achieved with limited impact onto services to the public and we already have projects included in our Change Programme which could achieve this level of expenditure reduction.
Cutting service spending up to this level would result in major cuts to staff and services. As the largest spending services these cuts would affect schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services, road maintenance and culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.
Making up the funding shortfall from this area, then major cuts to staff and services would have to take place. As the largest spending services these cuts would affect schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services, road maintenance and culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.It would result in a serious reduction in valued services such as road maintenance or culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) amonst many others.
This level of cuts to expenditure would severely impact the delivery of essential and statutory services. We strongly suggest you look to other areas to make up the budget gap.
Please choose some other options to make up the budget gap.
Making up the funding shortfall from this area would lead to a failure in being able to deliver statutory services like schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services. It would result in a serious reduction in valued services such as road maintenance or culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.
Making up the funding shortfall from this area would lead to a failure in being able to deliver statutory services like schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services. It may not be possible to deliver any road maintenance or culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.
Making up the funding shortfall from this area would lead to a failure in delivering statutory services like schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services. It may not be possible to deliver any road maintenance or culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.
Making up the funding shortfall from this area would lead to a failure in delivering statutory services like schools, social care (looking after older people or those with special needs) waste (bins etc.) and recycling services. It would not be possible to deliver any road maintenance or culture and leisure services (libraries, parks, leisure centres, swimming pools etc.) among many others.
As inflation is currently running at nearly 3%, any increase below 3% is effectively a cut in our income.
Council Tax in Angus is one of the lowest in Scotland. It is around £100 less than the Scottish national average for valuation Band D. Council Tax is the only source of income the council can control for itself, and an increase will have a significant impact. Not increasing council tax above 3% will mean cutting more services that people need and want.
As inflation is currently running at nearly 3%, any increase in below 3% is actually a cut in our income.
This would be a just above inflation increase, meaning that our income would just about remain the same, despite the additional pressures we face.
Council Tax in Angus is one of the lowest in Scotland. It is around £100 less than the Scottish national average for valuation Band D. Council Tax is the only source of income the council can control for itself, and an increase will have a significant impact. Not increasing council tax will mean cutting more services that people need and want.
This would increase our income above inflation, but not by a large enough amount to make a big difference to the services we can provide, given the additional cost pressures that we face.
This would be an above inflation increase, meaning that our income would increase in real terms and help with the additional pressures we face.
Council Tax in Angus is one of the lowest in Scotland. It is around £100 less than the Scottish national average for valuation Band D. Council Tax is the only source of income the council can control for itself, and an increase will have a significant impact. Increasing council tax will mean preserving more services that people need and want.
If you choose to increase this to meet a large percentage of the whole funding gap, it will bring Angus more in line with other council areas. It would increase the Band D Council Tax currently £1,316.68 per year by £158 (12%) and it will affect all taxpayers in Angus. However, tax increases may make it more difficult for people to pay so we might collect less of it.
If you choose to increase this to meet a large percentage of the whole funding gap, it will bring Angus more in line with other council areas. It would increase the Band D Council Tax currently £1,316.68 per year by £171.17 (13%) and it will affect all taxpayers in Angus. However, tax increases may make it more difficult for people to pay so we might collect less of it.
If you choose to increase this to meet the whole funding gap, it will bring Angus more in line with other council areas. It would increase the Band D Council Tax currently £1,316.68 per year by £184.43 (14%) and it will affect all taxpayers in Angus. However, tax increases may make it more difficult for people to pay.
If you choose to increase this to meet the whole funding gap, it will bring Angus more in line with other council areas. It would increase the Band D Council Tax currently £1,316.68 per year by £197.50 (15%) and it will affect all taxpayers in Angus.
However, tax increases may make it more difficult for people to pay. We might also be able to collect less of it if people struggle to pay.
As inflation is currently around 3%, an increase of 3% or less just keeps our income where it already is.
We believe that increases in fees and charges can help to meet some of the funding shortfall, but not all of it. Fees and charges are a small part of our total income (around 4%) so increasing them has a limited effect and it affects some small groups of people a lot more than others.
Reserves are our savings and once used, they are gone. It is a helpful one-off solution rather than being something which can be repeated year after year as we would quickly run out of money!
Reserves are our savings - a one-off source of money. Once used, they are gone. If you choose to use a lot of reserves, we would need to find the same amount (and probably more) next year as it doesn’t reduce spending or increase income. It is a helpful one-off solution rather than being something which can be repeated year after year as we would quickly run out of money!
Reserves are our savings - a one-off source of money. Once used, they are gone. If you choose to use a lot of reserves, we would need to find the same amount (and probably more) next year as it doesn’t reduce spending or increase income.
It is a helpful one-off solution rather than being something which can be repeated year after year as we would quickly run out of money!