1. Welcome.

2. Welcome to this One Nottingham, City Council Budget consultation meeting Councillor Jon Collins

3. Draft Budget - Headlines  Local government most efficient but hit harder Councils are bearing the greatest burden of Government cuts, with the Department for Communities & Local Government facing a 35.6% reduction.  Cities bear brunt of Government cuts again Nottingham has lost around £158 per person in Government council funding. Windsor has lost around £15 per person.  Pressures building With around £3m needed to help increasing numbers of vulnerable adults and children.  Hidden costs and risks Includes the 10% reduction (£6.2million) in Council Tax Benefit funds, the potential impact of Government welfare changes and uncertainty over business rates  Early intervention There is an estimated £2.8m reduction in Early Intervention Grant meaning that to remain committed to this approach we will have to make cuts elsewhere.

4. Government funding  The Government has reduced our funding by around £75m since 2010/11  In Nottingham, the government grant cuts are around £158 per person. Windsor loses £15 per person.  The way the Government is imposing its funding cuts is unfair. It hits the poorest the hardest  The council has made total cost reductions of £120m over the last four years, which include consolidating city centre operations at a single, more efficient site and reducing the number of departments and managers.

5. Unfair on Nottingham?  City Council now depends on a number of funding streams that benefit authorities with higher council tax base or higher rateable values for businesses many of which are in the south of England  New Homes Bonus  Council tax  Retained Business Rates

6. Government welfare changes Key changes include:  Housing Benefit “bedroom tax”, Council Tax Benefit, Social Fund – April 2013  Universal Credit – 2014? Impact:  Working and out of work people and families and vulnerable and disabled people and carers  Take money out of the local economy and is likely to put further pressure on our budgets Potential problems:  Technical problems, Direct payments, Retrospective payments, Online applications  May introduce unfairness Nottingham City Council is:  Putting extra support into welfare rights and advice services  Helping to try to keep energy bills down and Supporting our Credit Union  Working with our partners; Advice Nottingham, NCH, Churches.  Lobbying the Government

7. What this all means is…  Savings of around £25million have to be found to balance the budget  Reduction in Funding £9.6m  Inflation £10.9m  Emerging Pressures £4.3m including child protection and adult care  Further tough decisions have to be made about the services we provide in order to help us meet these savings  A proposed council tax increase of 1.95% to help meet some of the funding gap  Further reductions in council jobs of around 35 posts

8. Savings include:  Managing the £2.8million reduction in the Early Intervention Grant which currently supports Children’s Centres, support for disabled children, Family Intervention Project, work with NEETS, Positive Activities for Young Children (PAYP) and Portage.  Shifting the balance of children's services investment towards early intervention to reduce the cost for the citizen of the most intensive services  £3.07million total 2013/14 savings (£2.16m new savings + £0.9m previously agreed savings)  Finding further efficiencies in adult social care services including increased use of preventative services  £6.49million total 2013/14savings (£2.95m new savings + £3.54m previously agreed savings)  Decommissioning the mobile library service and improving the targeted Home Library service, and reducing the book fund  Moving the dog wardens service into Community Protection  Replacing the cashiers service with an automated system  Finding further efficiencies in Highways and Traffic Services together with commercial income generation  Reduced investment in council building maintenance

9. But we’re still ambitious Priorities this year include:  Cutting unemployment - Nottingham Jobs Fund  Continuing to cut crime and halve anti-social behaviour  Ensuring more school leavers get a job  Making neighbourhoods as clean as the city centre  Keeping energy bills down

10. So what happens next?  Budget consultation ongoing  Report back to Executive Board on February 19 th  Final approval at Full Council on March 4th

11. NOTTINGHAM loses £158 per person Windsor and Maidenhead loses £15 per person

12. The most important part...... what do you think?