Nottingham City Council’s budget and four-year financial plan have been tipped for final adoption by councillors after its chief financial officer ruled them “robust” enough to lay grounds for improvement. In December, councillors endorsed £29m of cuts and savings to go forward for consultation in a bid to fill a budget gap for 2023/24 of £32.2m.
To fill the gap, 110 full-time equivalent job roles will be cut alongside other proposals to save money, such as reviewing fees and charges for parking, cremation and burials, leisure centres and cafés, as well as reviewing grants to community groups and cultural organisations and stopping the collection of household bins put out on the wrong day.
In 2023/24, council tax is set to be hiked by the full 4.99 per cent permitted and it has been proposed that council tenants’ rent will increase by seven per cent. The remaining £3.2m gap has now been filled through the use of a better-than-expected settlement from the Government, and no further cuts were required.
