Barrow Borough Council Budget Strategy
Overview
The Coalition Governments Comprehensive Spending Review has placed an unprecedented burden on the Council’s finances and the loss of £4.23M a year in government grant together with inflation means we must reduce our annual expenditure by £5.01m to achieve a balanced budget in 2015/16.
Our objectives in this process are to minimise the impact on front line services and reduce the number of compulsory redundancies and so we need to take a broad approach to deficit reduction.
We have now published our budget strategy until 2015.
Full and specific details are included in a report to our Executive Committee which is now available online or in paper form from the Town Hall.
Why we are consulting
This strategy will be considered by the Council’s Executive Committee on 19thOctober.
We welcome any comments on the strategy set out in this statement and our detailed report which is available on the internet at www.barrowbc.gov.uk or in paper form, from the Town Hall.
In particular we would like to know
1. Are we right to use balances to cushion the impact of government cuts on jobs and front line services? If not how else should they be used?
2. Do you think we have achieved the correct balance between the 5 components?
3. If not which areas would you increase or decrease?
4. Are there any specific changes being proposed that you consider unacceptable?
5. Are there any other savings we have not identified that you would like to suggest?
You can answer these questions or give your general comments and make you views known either on line to csr@barrowbc.gov.uk or by writing to:
Cllr Dave Pidduck,
Leader,
Barrow Borough Council,
Town Hall, Duke St,
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2LD
