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• We provide over 800

different services which help to improve people’s lives

• We do this for

151,000 people

• Living in over

65,000 households #NCCbudget www.newport.gov.uk/budget

Your Council Your Council

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• And our population

just keeps growing

• The largest growth is for children

under five, and people aged over 65

• The council provides employment

for over 6,000 people

Your Council

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Where does our money come from?

• Support grants from Welsh Government are our main

sources of funding - 76% of our total budget

• For over 10 years, Welsh Government

funding has been ‘cash flat’ (a cut in real terms), but the cost of delivering services has gone up

FUNDING COSTS

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Where does our money come from?

• Your Council Tax pays for less than 1/4
• f the services you actually receive.

For every 1% cut in Welsh Government funding, council tax would have to increase by 4% to maintain the same funding levels

• Council Tax levels in Newport remain

the second lowest in Wales

Council Tax

24 %

Welsh Government Grant

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Why do we have a financial challenge?

Financial pressures and demands on our services are increasing due to:

• Ageing population, increases in demand led services, care for the elderly

and children, schools funding, National Minimum Wage, inflationary costs

• Local authorities have faced the biggest budgetary challenges
• f any part of the Welsh public sector over the last decade

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• An ageing population, more dependent on care,

requiring more complex and expensive support to help people stay in their own homes. Care costs have risen from £33 million in 2015/16 to a forecasted £44 million this year.

• Since 2015/16, a 85% per cent increase in the number
• f children being given care placements outside Newport

and a 109% per cent increase in the number of children in independent fostering arrangements.

• 1,046 more pupils than three years ago,

256 more pupils with additional learning needs and three more schools to run.

Increasing demands

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Why do we have a financial challenge?

• £41m of savings already made in the last 5 years
• We still need to find savings of £6m in 2020/21 and £21m over the next three years
• By law we must set a balanced budget each year – we can’t spend more than we have

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So what have we been doing to meet this challenge?

• Reduced the number of

staff we employ by around

• ne quarter
• Sold land,

buildings and property no longer needed

• Set up new

delivery models

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So what have we been doing to meet this challenge?

• Reviewed our services

to become more efficient

• Invested in

preventative services

• Helped people

to live independently

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• Public consultation on all the budget proposals will take place between 20 December and 31 January
• The draft budget will be considered by Cabinet in February 2020

The 2020/21 budget consultation

Cabinet will consider a number of proposals in December

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How you can keep informed about the council’s budget

Council website: www.newport.gov.uk/budget Twitter: @NewportCouncil or #NCCbudget Facebook: facebook.com/NewportCityCouncil Newport Matters - the council newspaper Send us any feedback or suggestions via: changing.services@newport.gov.uk or #NCCbudget

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Thank you for your time