 Our balanced budget with no cuts to frontline services
Councillors have agreed a balanced budget for the year ahead which provides support for the most vulnerable, without cuts to frontline services.
Incorporating £2m of savings, the budget for 2025/26 looks to spend around £19.6million on services for the borough. This includes generating extra income through fees and charges without the need to use reserves.
The council’s gross revenue expenditure on delivering vital services such as kerbside waste collections, administering revenues and benefits, planning services, parks, play areas and open spaces, environmental health and licensing, building control, housing, community services, and enforcement is £67m for the coming financial year.
Of this, £19.6m comes from Council Tax receipts, retained business rates, and non-ringfence grants. The remainder comes from operating income from fees and charges and all specific service grants.
 Devolution: have your say on plans for Hampshire
Devolution is all about transferring power and funding from national to local government. This means decisions are made closer to the people, communities, and businesses they affect, giving local residents more power to make decisions about the things that are important to them.
The recently launched Government consultation on devolution proposals for the wider region of Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Isle of Wight, with an elected Mayor, is open until 11:59pm on 13 April 2025. Click below to find out more about devolution, what it means for local communities, and to have your say.
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