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    Technical Notes 2024, Issue 150 - Have Your Say’ Budget Consultation 2025/2026

    • Report by:

      Ann Davie, Chief Executive

    • TN Number:

      150-24

    • Subject:

      ‘Have Your Say’ Budget Consultation 2025/2026

    • Responsible Officer:

      Lauren Mirzai, Communications and Engagement Team Leader

    • Publication:

      This Technical Note will be published on the Council’s website following circulation to Members. Its contents may be disclosed or shared outwith the Council.

    Section

    1. The purpose of this Technical Note is to update Members in relation to the ‘Have Your Say’ Budget consultation 2025/2026.
       
    2. The consultation exercise will provide information on the Council’s Budget position, while asking residents to complete a survey seeking views on priorities and financial decisions to balance the budget for 2025/26.
       
    3. The Budget consultation will be hosted on the Council website and background information will include where the Council’s budget comes from, the breakdown of spend, the difference between capital and revenue and challenges facing local government finances. There will be a section on findings from the last Budget consultation exercise undertaken in 2023, with an update on what decisions these informed in the 2024/25 Budget agreed in March this year.
       
    4. The survey that residents will be asked to complete focuses on the current priorities in line with the SPPF Forward in Partnership commitment under the four priorities of Health & Wellbeing, Access to Services, Finance & Employment and Community & Environment.
       
    5. The consultation will run from Thursday 22 August until Thursday 19 September.
       
    6. You can find details of the consultation including the survey on the Have Your Say - Budget Consultation 2025/26 page.
       
    7. A range of materials and various communication methods, both offline and online, will be used to encourage residents to complete the survey.
       
    8. Communication methods will include a social media plan, media releases, a content pack for stakeholders and partners, digital support sessions and internal messages.