Purpose

Cabinet considered a report
noting It being necessary to amend the budget setting timetable for
2025/26 to accommodate a late and uncertain provisional local
government finance settlement and subsequently provide sufficient
time to finalise the budget proposals for the forthcoming
year.

Decision

Cabinet approved the proposed revised
committee timetable for the 2025/26 budget setting process.

Reasons for the decision

It was necessary to amend the budget setting
timetable for 2025/26 to accommodate a late and uncertain
provisional local government finance settlement and subsequently
provide sufficient time to finalise the budget proposals for the
forthcoming year.

Alternative options considered

Proceeding with the usual timetable for budget setting and
not amending it would have created difficulties in budget setting.
This is because the Council would not have had settlement figures
from government and would not have been able to proceed with the
process.