Issue - meetings

[To provide an update to the Draft Budget and on the Local Government Provisional Finance Settlement 2022-2023]

1.      That the outcome of the 2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement be noted.

2.      That it be noted that the final budget report presented to Cabinet on 23 February 2022 would reflect the outcome of the settlement and detailed budget work for 2022-2023, including a review of all budget reduction proposals and the risks associated with their delivery.

Councillor Ian Brookfield outline the key points from the report on an overview of the 2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, which the Government announced in December 2021 and the impact of the provisional settlement on the Council’s Draft Budget and Medium Term Financial Strategy.

Resolved:

1.    That the outcome of the 2022-2023 Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement be noted.

2.    That it be noted that the final budget report presented to Cabinet on 23 February 2022 would reflect the outcome of the settlement and detailed budget work for 2022-2023, including a review of all budget reduction proposals and the risks associated with their delivery.