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Walsall Council faces £10m budget gap despite £26.3m savings

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 14:32 · Archive

Walsall Council faces a £10million shortfall in its revenue budget over the next four years despite proposing £26.3million in savings.

Walsall Council is again faced with a shortfall in its revenue budget over the next four years. Senior finance officer Shaun Darcy confirmed that £26.3million in savings had been proposed but a £10million gap remains. The financial environment for Walsall Council remains 'very challenging', like all councils across the country.

The council has proposed around £62million of additional funding to meet pressures in adult social care and children's services, which account for two-thirds of the council's entire budget. Inflationary pressures and rising costs of living are affecting all services. Mr Darcy said: 'That in itself makes it very clear that the government funding that we receive at Walsall is not sufficient.'

The council is continuing work to close the £10million gap. Mr Darcy encouraged lobbying for more government funding, saying: 'We encourage the lobbying of getting more government funding. There is pressure there to put more funding into the system but obviously it needs to come from somewhere across government and everywhere's got pressures.' He expressed uncertainty about prospects for additional funding in the near term.

Walsall Council faces £10m budget gap despite £26.3m savings
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