Purpose

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member
for Finance and Corporate Services
detailing an update on the Council's financial
position for 2024/25.
 

Decision

i) 
To agree the £3.51M adjustments to be made to directorate
budgets to reflect sustained favourable variances reported at month
9 of 2024/25 due to transformation and other measures, to be
transferred to centrally held contingency to reduce the reliance on
Exceptional Financial Support (EFS), as set out in paragraph 6.
ii) 
Agree to use £0.68M of centrally held contingency to meet the
forecast overspend for emergency accommodation within Resident
Services, as set out in paragraph 8.