WHERE
WE ARE FINANCIALLY
note no reference to paddles present or not
As
budgets change and we are subjected to Cabinet double talk (and double
counting) it is useful to try to put it in simple terms as to where we are
financially. To compare where we were in 2010, where we are now and where we
will be in 2019.
Obviously
it is not as simple as just looking at the base numbers as “demand” for our
services, such as the number of people we are looking after, changes over time.
So the increase in demand line is added so we compare like with like.
We are
also only looking at the budgets we have control over, excluding for example
school spending.
The Net Budget
for 2010 was for Kirklees £340m
Demand
up to 2015 increased that to £396m (what we would have needed to stand still.)
Through
cuts to budgets we reduced that by £83m reducing by a further £12m by using
balances.
So by
2015 our annual budget was £301m
Over the
next four years we estimate that because of the growth in demand to stand still
we will need £426m to stand still
What we
will have with the council tax the government allow us to collect, and the
decreased grant they give us to deliver services on their behalf (e.g.
nationally set care levels), will be £261m
To put
it simply we by 2019 will have had to have made cuts of £165m or the council
will not be able to set a balanced budget and will be bankrupt.
