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The Budget Challenge
Summary
Earlier this year, Babergh and Mid Suffolk joined forces to find out - in the wake of cuts to grants received from central Government - where its residents, community groups and other councils thought it could save money.
The deadline for this feedback has since passed but both councils are always interested to hear people's thoughts on how it could improve its efficiency while maintaining top-quality services.
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What is happening?
Like many councils, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are facing severe cuts in our budget for next year.
Reductions in the amount of money we receive from the Government; increases in inflation and demands on our services mean that together we need to find up to £2.8m in savings in order to balance the books for 2012/13.
This could come from making savings or by looking at ways to increase income.
For the following two years (2013/15) both Babergh and Mid Suffolk councils need to find an additional £4.6m worth of savings in total from a combined budget of £20m.
As we move towards joining together our staffing structures and reducing back office costs, we are planning our budgets for the future.
This will be a tough challenge and we want to involve you to find out what you value in the services we currently provide and where you think we could do things differently.
Please take a look at the following information in the leaflets below:
Babergh and Mid Suffolk's Budget Challenge leaflet (PDF, 283 KB)
Budget Challenge - Additional Information (PDF, 143 KB)
You can also ask for a physical copy of this leaflet by calling 01449 724850, or they are available from Babergh's and Mid Suffolk's offices in Hadleigh and Needham Market respectively.
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Last updated on: 11 November 2011 | Date of next review: 11 November 2012
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