Key pressures and key savings

This year we have already delivered over £10m worth of savings but the current gap for 2024/25 is still £9.5m.

We're facing significant pressures (overspends) in social care - £1.8m in adults social care and £11.9m in children's social care.

Other council services continue to make savings to help reduce the projected overspend.

Even following the inclusion of projected Council Tax increases in line with Government assumptions, there remains a significant challenge facing the Authority, requiring changes to the way that we deliver our Services

The Medium Term Financial Plan approach is working; the funding gap is reducing compared to the existing approved position