URL: https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=11762&LLL=0

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: To provide an update on the Council’s revenue budget position for the 2025/26 financial year in advance of the receipt of the Welsh Local Government Provisional Settlement on 11 December.

Content: (a)       That the revised additional budget requirement for the 2025/26 financial year be noted and received;   (b)       That the progress made to identify solutions to bridge the budget gap be noted, and the remaining options available to set a legal and balanced budget once the provisional settlement was confirmed also be noted;   (c)        That the uplift set out in the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement be noted and welcomed; and   (d)       That a letter be sent to the Welsh and UK Governments setting out the Council’s concern that a resolution to the Local Government Employers National Insurance contribution issue cannot be left until the spring and must be resolved before Local Authority budgets in Wales are set.

Date of Decision: December 17, 2024