Agenda item
Draft Financial Strategy 2025/26 - 2029/30
Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance
Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)
REPORT TO FOLLOW
Decision:
RESOLVED:
That Cabinet:
1. Work with Officers during Q4 in the current year and into 2026/27 to develop a Financial Sustainability Strategy and transformation and change programme which will deliver savings and generate income, in order to reduce the duration of time for which EFS (exceptional financial support) is required across the medium-term financial period.
2. Work with Officers during Q4 in the current year and into 2026/27 through the establishment of a joint working group to develop and progress an approach to business and budget planning.
3. Ask Officers to continue to work with MHCLG in support of its application for exceptional financial support and actions required to return to financial stability.
Supporting documents:
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Draft Medium Term Financial Plan 2026.27 - 2030.31 (formally Draft Financial Strategy), item 7.
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Appendix 1 - 202627 Draft Revenue Budget Summary, item 7.
PDF 114 KB
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Appendix 2 - Growth to offset Unachievable Savings, item 7.
PDF 129 KB
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Appendix 3 - Demography & Demand Growth, item 7.
PDF 111 KB
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Appendix 4 - Service Growth, item 7.
PDF 102 KB
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Appendix 5 - Inflationary growth, item 7.
PDF 128 KB
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Appendix 6 - 202627 Draft Resources Income Budget Summary, item 7.
PDF 93 KB
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Appendix 7 - MTFS Summary, item 7.
PDF 52 KB
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Appendix 8 - LGA Children's Social Care Benchmark report Shropshire 2025 v 0.1, item 7.
PDF 1 MB
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Appendix 9 - Shropshire Council Response to the Consultation on the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27, item 7.
PDF 267 KB