Your target is to find £9.5 million to close the budget gap.

How do we close the budget gap?

Consequences

Reduce Expenditure (more information)

This would have a limited impact on services More detailed consequences of keeping the budget for Reduce Expenditure the same

Consequences of keeping the budget for Reduce Expenditure the same

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.

This would have limited impact on services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 1%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 1%

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.

This would have an impact on services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 2%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 2%

This would have impact on services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 3%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 3%

This would impact on the delivery of services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 4%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 4%

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.

This would have a significant impact on the delivery of services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 5%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 5%

This would have a very significant impact on services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 6%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 6%

This would have a very significant impact on services More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 7%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 7%

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.

This option is not deliverable, reductions to service budgets would prevent essential services being delivered More detailed consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 8%

Consequences of increasing the budget for Reduce Expenditure by 8%