Purpose

This report provides an update to Cabinet on
the Budget setting process for 2024-28 and in particular on the
progress made so far towards setting a balanced revenue budget for
2024/25 and over the MTFS period as a whole

Decision

RESOLVED:
 
1. That
Cabinet agreed the proposed Council Tax Base for 2023/24 set out in
paragraph 2.7 and Appendix 1.
2. That
Cabinet considered and agreed the second tranche of draft growth
proposals for 2024/25 to 2027/28 (Appendix 5) put forward by
officers and refers them to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and
Commission in January 2024 for consideration and
comment.
3. That
Cabinet considered and agreed the amendment to the savings 2024/25
with the removal of saving ECPC 2425 S02