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BUDGET & SPENDING REPORT – SELECT COMMITTEE MONITORING
Committee name Corporate Resources and Infrastructure Select Committee
Corporate Director(s)
responsible
Steve Muldoon – Corporate Director of Finance
Matthew Wallbridge – Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Kennedy – Corporate Director of Residents Services
Papers with report N/A
Ward All
RECOMMENDATION
That the Committee:
1. Note the budget monitoring position as at December 2025 (Month 9) for the Council.
2. Note the budget monitoring position as at December 2025 (Month 9) for the services within
the remit of the Corporate Resources and Infrastructure Select Committee.
HEADLINES
3. This monitoring report provides an update on the Month 9 budget monitoring position for the
Council and an update on the Month 9 budget monitoring position for the services relevant to the
Select Committee. Corporate Directors, supported by their Head of Finance , will attend the
meeting to provide further details and clarifications.
2025/26 MONTH 9 BUDGET MONITORING POSITION (COUNCIL)
4. As at Month 9, the Council is forecasting a net overspend of £ 35.9m on its core operating
activities, a favourable movement of £0.1m from Month 7 . This includes overspends of £26.1m
across Service Operating Budgets, a £4.2m pressure against the budgeted use of reserves and
a £6.5m pressure across centralised and Corporate Bud gets including Corporate Funding.
These pressures are partially mitigated by £1.0m of interventions, which are expected to benefit
the revenue position through measures such as spend control measures, increased grants, and
a rebate from the WLWA.
5. This overall position has remained stable overall since the month 6 (September) report, but with
underlying favourable and unfavourable movements. Much of the overspend relates to adverse
variances on savings delivery, unbudgeted growth and inflation, assumed use of reserves and
reduced application of flexible capital receipts against transformation expenditure, offset by the
release of £10.5m of contingency.
6. Within centralised and Corporate Budgets, a pressure of £7.1m is forecast from an under -
delivery against unallocated savings (See table 1 below). A further pressure of £1.3m is reported
against Corporate Funding due to the Children’s Prevention Grant that was announced as part
of Core Spending Power needing to be spent on new initiatives leading to the grant b eing
transferred to the Children’s Social Care service. The forecast then includes two mitigations,
firstly the remaining £1.8m general contingency and secondly £1.0m of interventions and
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mitigations as described in paragraph 4 above. The interventions and mitigations forecast has
reduced by £1m since period 6 as directorates have found underspends, additional grants or
income which have been able to meet this level of mitigation. There are further mitigation
opportunities anticipated to arise in the remaining months leading up to year end which will
address this residual requirement.
Table 1 – General Fund Overview
SAVINGS (COUNCIL)
7. The savings requirement identified for 2025/26 was for £34.0m in new or increased savings as
set out in the Council’s budget strategy. This position has been supplemented by a further £4.8m
of savings carried forward from 2024/25 as set out in the outturn report presented to July Cabinet,
resulting in an overall programme of £38.8m savings being targeted and monitored in year. The
savings at a whole council level are summarised by directorate and by deliverability RAG rating
in the table below:
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Table 2 – Savings Tracker
8. As of Month 9, £19.0m (48%) of the savings and interventions are being recorded as banked or
on track for delivery. A further £4.8m (13%), being tracked above as amber, are in delivery but
may not deliver in full this financial year. Of this, £0.5m is currently anticipated to slip but deliver
in 2026/27. There are £4.6m (12%) of savings reported as red and having challenges in delivery,
with mitigations being sought in -year where feasible. Of these, £4.2m are forecast to slip into
2026/27 but are ultimately expected to be delivered. Thus, a total of £4.7m in savings is forecast
to slip into 2026/27 and forms part of the overall forecast overspend. A further £10.4m of savings
are considered to be undeliverable and will be written out of the Council’s budget from 2026/27.
Of these, £2.3m relate to the brought forward balance from the prior year while £8.1m of savings
budgeted for delivery in 2025/26 can no longer be delivered. Where savings are at risk of not
being delivered in full during 2025/26, the associat ed pressures have been factored into the
monitoring position with compensating actions being implemented where possible to offset the
impact.
9. Where savings are at risk of not being delivered in full during 2025/26, the associated pressures
have been factored into the monitoring position with compensating actions being implemented
where possible to offset the impact.
RISKS AND MITIGATIONS
10. As part of the Month 9 review, the Council has continued its analysis of exposure to risks and
opportunities. The updated risks total is £5.7m against identified opportunities of £2.6m. The
level of risk continues to reduce (M7 was £6.9m) as demand risks fall away , or are embedded
into the forecast, as year-end approaches. Risks not able to be quantified include the c ost of
redundancies that may arise from any savings implementation (redundancies would precede any
savings generated) although this risk for 2025/26 is diminishing also.
11. Opportunities of £2.6m within Residents Services include Waste funding.
12. Additional details regarding the Council’s general fund revenue position are available in the most
recent Month 9 budget monitoring report: Final Cabinet Report M9
2025/26 MONTH 9 BUDGET MONITORING POSITION (SELECT COMMITTEE PORTFOLIO)
13. Table 3 summarises the Committee’s Month 9 budget monitoring position by directorate,
Blue Green Amber I Amber II Red Write
Banked Delivery in
progress
Early stages
of delivery
Potential
problems in
delivery
Serious
problems in
delivery
Out
£'m £'m £'m £'m £'m £'000 £'m
Finance (0.8) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0.2) (0.1) (1.1)
Adult Services & Health (3.2) (0.7) (0.6) (0.1) (2.0) (1.7) (8.3)
Children & Young People's Services (3.0) (1.2) 0.0 (0.3) 0.0 0.0 (4.5)
Place (2.6) (1.5) 0.0 (0.6) (0.9) (1.1) (6.7)
Homes & Communities (1.6) (1.1) (2.9) 0.0 (1.1) (0.3) (7.0)
Corporate Services (2.8) (0.3) 0.0 0.0 (0.4) (0.1) (3.6)
Chief Executive Office (0.1) (0.1) (0.3) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0.5)
Cross-Cutting 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (7.1) (7.1)
(14.1) (4.9) (3.8) (1.0) (4.6) (10.4) (38.8)
36% 13% 10% 3% 12% 27% 100%
(14.1) (4.9) (3.8) (1.0) (4.6) (10.4) (38.8)
36% 13% 10% 3% 12% 27% 100%
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Prior Month
Change
Corporate Director Total
Total 2025/26 Savings Programme
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showing a projected overspend of £5.5m for the services within the remit of this Committee. The
key reasons for this overspend position are set out in the following paragraphs by directorate.
Since Month 7, there has been a £0.8m favourable movement across the directorates. Finance
has reported no change to its net overspend, Corporate Services shows a £0.3m improvement
due to lower technology costs and reductions in planned staffing and discretionary expenditure,
and the Chief Executive’s Office reports a £0.1m improvement f ollowing confirmation of
additional legal income from a complex criminal case. Finally, Place has reported a favourable
movement of £0.4m due to lower forecast NNDR costs within Corporate Estates.
14. Finance – is forecasting a £5.3m overspend position as at Month 9 against a budget of £34.1m.
Since Month 7, the £5.3m net overspend position remains unchanged.
15. The £5.3m overspend position includes a £1.7m overspend against the Council’s Treasury
budget. The Council’s in-year revenue overspend and the cumulative DSG deficit have reduced
the Council’s usable cash balances. This has forced increased reliance on borrowing to manage
liquidity and capital programme requirements, resulting in additional financing costs in the current
financial year. The Council’s treasury budget is therefore overspent relative to plan primarily due
to the timing and scale of these cashflow pressures.
16. Of the £5.3m forecast overspend within Finance, £2.5m relates to staffing costs. This staffing
overspend is predominantly attributable to the use of agency staff to cover vacant posts within
the approved establishment, together with additional short-term agency capacity deployed above
establishment for defined pieces of work . Agency resource has been deployed in Schools
Finance to support DSG deficit recovery activity, in Housing Finance to provide additional budget
monitoring capacity during 2025/26, and in the Statutory Accounts team to support delivery of
the accounts , suppo rt the audit process and meet statutory reporting requirements. Agency
staffing attracts materially higher costs than substantive posts, resulting in expenditure
exceeding the approved staffing budget. The Council has recognised resourcing requirements
in certain key areas, and these have been addressed as part of the Medium -Term Financial
Strategy (MTFS) planning for 2026/27 (MTFS Proposal 2026/27 108). Reducing reliance on
agency staff remains a key m anagement focus and is being progressed through targeted
permanent recruitment and strengthened workforce planning, with the intention of mitigating this
pressure over time whilst ensuring service delivery and statutory responsibilities continue to be
met.
17. A further £1.8m of the £5.3m forecast overspend in Finance is attributable to a change in
assumptions regarding the use of capital receipts , f ollowing a Council-wide review of all
expenditure funded by capital receipts during the year, resulting in a reduced application of
capital receipts and a corresponding increase in net revenue expenditure.
18. There is also a £0.4m overspend against the Council’s corporate insurance b udget
predominately due to the settlement of historical insurance claims in the current year. In addition,
part of the overspend reflects an underlying shortfall in the base budget to cover insurance
premium costs. This issue has been addressed through the MTFS, with additional provision built
into the budget from 2026/27 (MTFS Proposal 2026/27 226).
19. The main offsetting factor against these overspends is a £ 1.0m underspend within Corporate
Budgets, reflecting the 2025/26 final concessionary fares levy charge being £ 1.0m lower than
the budget model provided by London Councils. The residual balance reflects a number of
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smaller compensating variances across the directorate.
20. Corporate Services – is reporting a £0.1m forecast overspend at Month 9 against a budget of
£21.2m. Since Month 7, the £0.4m overspend reported has been reduced by £0.3m, mainly due
to lower technology contract costs for specific technology contracts, which have been aligned
with anticipated usage based on the latest data, and further reductions to staffing and
discretionary spending in Procurement.
21. The £0.1m forecast overspend for Corporate Services includes a £ 0.4m shortfall in planned
savings within the Resident Hub and Human Resources, where non-delivery of these savings is
creating a n overspend, as shown in Table 5 and explained further in paragraph s 32-33.
Offsetting this, underspends across other services within the directorate , largely due to vacant
posts and reductions in discretionary expenditure wherever possible, total £0.3m, bring ing the
overall forecast overspend down to £0.1m.
22. Chief Executive’s Office – is reporting a 0.1m forecast underspend at Month 9 against a budget
of £6.4m. This represents a £0.1m improvement from the breakeven position reported in Month
7, predominately due to additional legal income relating to a complex criminal case that has now
been reflected in the forecast following confirmation from the Court.
23. Each service within the Chief Executive’s director ate is contributing to the £0.1m forecast
underspend reported at Month 9. Legal Services income continues to be under constant review
but is currently forecast to meet the increased income target set at the start of the year relating
to fees and charges. Democratic Services is on track against income targets set for ceremonies,
while Communications is reporting an underspend largely due to a vacant post being held.
24. Place – is reporting a £0.2m overspend against the specific services that fall within the remit of
this committee. The overspend reflects the £0.7m of in -year undelivered savings currently
reported as Red in Table 5 and as detailed in the savings section of this report. The future
deliverability of these savings is being reviewed in line with t he current MTFS process. This
overspend is offset by reduced expenditure on repairs required to Corporate Properties. Since
Month 7, there has been a favourable movement of £0.3m due to lower forecast NNDR costs
within Corporate Estates.
25. Table 4 provides a detailed breakdown o f the budget m onitoring position by service area and
shows forecast changes for Earmarked Reserves, Provisions and Transformation Capitalisation.
SAVINGS (SELECT COMMITTEE PORTFOLIO)
26. The savings requirement for 2025/26 relating to the services overseen by this Committee is
£7.0m, as outlined in the Council’s budget strategy and detailed in Table 5 of this report, which
provides a breakdown of the savings position by directorate. Table 5 additionally presents the
savings slippage incorporated into the forecast position.
27. Of the savings identified within the Corporate Resources and Infrastructure select committee,
£5.5m (78%) are classified as banked or on track and £0.6m (9%) are reported as red and having
challenges in delivery, with mitigations being sought in -year where feasible. A further £ 0.9m
(13%) of savings are considered to be undeliverable and will be written out of the Council’s
budget from 2026/27.
28. Finance is on target to achieve £0.9m (70%) of its planned savings. £0.2m (19%) of the savings
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are facing significant delivery challenges and have been categorised as red and an additional
£0.1m (11%) of savings are considered undeliverable and will require removal from the Council’s
budget from 2026/27. Further explanation of the £0.2m savings not being achieved this year is
set out in paragraphs 29-30 below.
29. Future of Financial Systems - £0.1m of this saving is planned to be delivered in future years
but is dependent on a review of council system licen ces with the remainder of this saving
considered undeliverable and proposed to be written out of the Council’s budget from 2026/27.
30. Increase MVF by 1% - a total of £0.1m was added to Managed Vacancy Factor (MVF) budgets
across services within the finance directorate this year. The MVF budgets assumes a proportion
of posts will remain vacant during the year to generate an underspend; however, where these
posts are filled or covered by agency staff, the underspends are not realised, meaning the MVF
targets cannot be achieved. As explained in paragraph 16, due to the high level of agency staff
costs in Finance, the staffing budget (inclusive of MVF) is not being achieved.
31. Of the £3.4m savings in Corporate Services, 87% (£3.0m) are banked or on track, 10% (£0.3m)
face potential delivery issues and 3% (£0.1m) are not achievable and will be written out of the
Council’s budget from 2026/27. Further explanation on the £0.4m savings not being achieved
this year are set out in paragraphs 32-33 below.
32. Reshaping Customer Experience and Business Support; Phase 2 - The anticipated shortfall
of £0. 3m in meeting the Resident Hub savings target is attributed to the scheduling of
restructuring and technology implementation.
33. Human Resources Service Review - There is a shortfall of £0. 1m against the Human
Resources savings target. This shortfall is due to the volume of work in this financial year and
the need to restructure to the team. As a result, part of the savings originally planned for this
year will no longer be deliverable in 2025/26.
34. Within the Chief Executive’s Office directorate, 36% (£0.2m) of savings are banked or on track
for delivery and 64% (£0.3m) are currently marked as amber, indicating a moderate risk of non-
delivery this year. Further detail on the £0.3m amber saving is explained in paragraph 35 below.
35. Legal Fees and Charges - The delivery risk for this saving is primarily due to the Legal service’s
limited ability to influence specific income sources, such as those related to cost recovery and
complex criminal cases.
36. Within the Place directorate services overseen by this Committee, £1.132m (61%) of the savings
and interventions are currently classified as banked or on track for delivery, while £0.729m (39%)
are reported as facing potential challenges to successful implementation. The £0.729m is related
to shortfalls in income. The pressures come from Council Assets (£0.075m), Commercial Leases
(£0.200m) and £0.180m is due to delays in the implementation of new systems to support the
management of leases and a review of the use of assets. Options to increase lease income from
the Civic Centre are continuing to be explored. No movement from Month 7.
PERFORMANCE DATA
37. N/A
RESIDENT BENEFIT
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38. Regular monitoring of financial performance is used to assess whether spending and savings
targets are being met, thereby supporting the efficient delivery of services to residents. By closely
tracking expenditure and identifying variances, the council can take timely corrective actions to
address overspending and mitigate risks. This also enhances public transparency and
accountability, providing residents with confidence that their Council is managing finances
prudently and prioritising their needs. Overall, regular monitoring supports safeguarding the
Council's finances and the delivery of quality services to residents.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
39. This is primarily a finance report and the implications are set out in the main body of the report
above.
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
40. There are no direct legal implications arising from regular monitoring of the council’s finances by
select committees.
41. Democratic Services advise that effective overview and scrutiny arrangements require access
to the information under the committee’s purview and, in accordance with the 2024 Statutory
Scrutiny Guidance, such information includes finance and risk information from the Council, and
its partners where relevant.
BACKGROUND PAPERS
42. NIL
APPENDICES
1 – Tables 3-5
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Table 3 – 2025/26 Month 9 Budget Monitoring Position by Directorate
Directorate Approved
Budget
Underlying
Forecast
Earmarked
Reserves Provisions
Transformation
Capitalisation
Management
Action
Forecast
Outturn
Forecast
Variance
Current Month
Forecast
Variance Prior
Month
Change in
Variance
Staffing 12,579 15,651 (87) 0 (477) 0 15,087 2,510 2,134 376
Non-Staffing 101,184 102,833 500 0 0 234 103,567 2,382 1,898 484
Income (79,663) (79,302) 0 0 0 75 (79,227) 437 1,314 (877)
Sub-Total 34,100 39,182 413 0 (477) 309 39,427 5,329 5,346 (17)
Staffing 12,862 16,080 0 0 (2,677) 0 13,765 835 562 273
Non-Staffing 9,120 9,930 0 0 (609) 0 8,961 (94) 530 (624)
Income (744) (1,379) 0 0 0 0 (1,379) (635) (685) 50
Sub-Total 21,238 24,631 0 0 (3,286) 0 21,347 106 407 (301)
Staffing 5,951 6,382 0 0 (203) 0 6,179 228 170 58
Non-Staffing 2,087 2,016 42 0 0 (42) 2,016 (70) (43) (28)
Income (1,583) (1,727) 0 0 0 (120) (1,847) (264) (96) (168)
Sub-Total 6,455 6,672 42 0 (203) (162) 6,349 (106) 31 (138)
Staffing 7,257 7,120 0 0 0 0 7,120 (135) (40) (95)
Non-Staffing 15,657 15,347 0 0 0 (112) 15,234 (423) 99 (522)
Income (11,508) (11,069) 0 0 0 268 (10,801) 706 478 228
Sub-Total 11,407 11,399 0 0 0 156 11,555 148 537 (389)
Grand Total 73,200 81,884 455 0 (3,966) 303 78,678 5,477 6,321 (845)
Corporate
Services
Finance
Place
Chief
Executive's
Office
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Table 4 – 2025/26 Month 9 Budget Monitoring Position by Service
Service Area Subjective Approved
Budget
Underlying
Forecast
Earmarked
Reserves Provisions Transformation
Capitalisation
Management
Action
Forecast
Outturn
Forecast
Variance
Current Month
Forecast
Variance Prior
Month
Change in
Variance
(£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000) (£'000)
Staffing 10,020 12,197 (87) 0 (477) 0 11,633 1,613 1,207 406
Non-Staffing 66,065 66,453 0 0 0 85 66,538 473 (34) 507
Income (66,639) (66,992) 0 0 0 75 (66,917) (278) 0 (278)
9,446 11,658 (87) 0 (477) 160 11,254 1,808 1,212 635
Staffing 997 1,337 0 0 0 0 1,337 340 454 (114)
Non-Staffing 15,183 15,106 500 0 0 149 15,755 572 721 (149)
Income (11,701) (11,760) 0 0 0 0 (11,760) (58) (62) 4
4,478 4,682 500 0 0 149 5,332 853 1,110 (259)
Staffing 1,093 1,777 0 0 0 0 1,777 685 552 133
Non-Staffing 19,911 21,265 0 0 0 0 21,265 1,354 1,227 127
Income (1,323) (550) 0 0 0 0 (550) 773 1,376 (603)
19,680 22,492 0 0 0 0 22,492 2,812 3,155 (343)
Staffing 469 340 0 0 0 0 340 (128) (79) (49)
Non-Staffing 25 9 0 0 0 0 9 (17) (16) (1)
Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
494 349 0 0 0 0 349 (145) (95) (50)
Staffing 12,579 15,651 (87) 0 (477) 0 15,087 2,510 2,134 376
Non-Staffing 101,184 102,833 500 0 0 234 103,567 2,382 1,898 484
Income (79,663) (79,302) 0 0 0 75 (79,227) 437 1,314 (877)
34,100 39,182 413 0 (477) 309 39,427 5,329 5,346 (17)
Staffing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (65) (65) 0
Non-Staffing 0 65 0 0 (65) 0 0 65 65 0
Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 65 0 0 (65) 0 0 0 0 0
Staffing 1,022 1,328 0 0 (167) 0 1,161 139 134 5
Non-Staffing 6 (33) 0 0 0 0 (33) (39) (34) (5)
Income (67) (88) 0 0 0 0 (88) (22) (22) 0
962 1,207 0 0 (167) 0 1,040 78 78 0
Staffing 1,234 1,318 0 0 0 0 1,318 84 43 41
Non-Staffing 192 160 0 0 (55) 0 105 (87) (31) (56)
Income (224) (303) 0 0 0 0 (303) (79) (79) 0
1,202 1,175 0 0 (55) 0 1,120 (81) (67) (15)
Staffing 236 1,613 0 0 (1,418) 0 196 (40) (31) (9)
Non-Staffing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Income 0 (38) 0 0 0 0 (38) (38) (38) 0
236 1,575 0 0 (1,418) 0 158 (78) (69) (9)
Staffing 1,898 2,434 0 0 (187) 0 2,248 349 390 (41)
Non-Staffing 859 855 0 0 0 0 855 (4) 23 (27)
Income (99) (147) 0 0 0 0 (147) (47) (76) 29
2,658 3,143 0 0 (187) 0 2,957 298 337 (39)
Staffing 1,197 1,021 0 0 (360) 0 1,021 (176) (513) 337
Non-Staffing 131 385 0 0 0 0 25 (106) 282 (388)
Income (102) (102) 0 0 0 0 (102) 0 0 0
1,226 1,304 0 0 (360) 0 944 (282) (231) (51)
Staffing 4,520 5,065 0 0 0 0 5,065 545 557 (12)
Non-Staffing 273 389 0 0 0 0 389 116 115 1
Income (202) (386) 0 0 0 0 (386) (184) (205) 21
4,591 5,068 0 0 0 0 5,068 477 467 10
Staffing 2,708 2,709 0 0 0 0 2,709 0 48 (48)
Non-Staffing 7,659 8,108 0 0 (489) 0 7,619 (40) 109 (149)
Income (50) (315) 0 0 0 0 (315) (265) (265) 0
10,317 10,502 0 0 (489) 0 10,013 (304) (108) (197)
Staffing 47 592 0 0 (545) 0 47 (1) (1) 0
Non-Staffing 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 592 0 0 (545) 0 47 0 0 0
Staffing 12,862 16,080 0 0 (2,677) 0 13,765 835 562 273
Non-Staffing 9,120 9,930 0 0 (609) 0 8,961 (94) 530 (624)
Income (744) (1,379) 0 0 0 0 (1,379) (635) (685) 50
21,238 24,631 0 0 (3,286) 0 21,347 106 407 (301)
Staffing 668 644 0 0 0 0 644 (23) (25) 2
Non-Staffing 243 221 0 0 0 0 221 (23) (14) (9)
Income (66) (66) 0 0 0 0 (66) 0 3 (3)
845 799 0 0 0 0 799 (46) (36) (10)
Staffing 1,653 1,768 0 0 0 0 1,768 115 114 1
Non-Staffing 1,750 1,670 42 0 0 (42) 1,670 (81) (54) (27)
Income (735) (801) 0 0 0 0 (801) (67) 0 (67)
2,668 2,637 42 0 0 (42) 2,637 (32) 60 (93)
Staffing 3,631 3,970 0 0 (203) 0 3,767 136 81 55
Non-Staffing 93 126 0 0 0 0 126 33 25 8
Income (783) (860) 0 0 0 (120) (980) (197) (99) (98)
2,941 3,236 0 0 (203) (120) 2,913 (28) 7 (35)
Staffing 5,951 6,382 0 0 (203) 0 6,179 228 170 58
Non-Staffing 2,087 2,016 42 0 0 (42) 2,016 (70) (43) (28)
Income (1,583) (1,727) 0 0 0 (120) (1,847) (264) (96) (168)
6,455 6,672 42 0 (203) (162) 6,349 (106) 31 (138)
Staffing 2,783 3,251 0 0 0 0 3,251 468 478 (10)
Non-Staffing 5,342 4,933 0 0 0 (26) 4,907 (435) (406) (29)
Income (6,061) (5,360) 0 0 0 0 (5,360) 701 701 0
2,065 2,825 0 0 0 (26) 2,799 734 773 (39)
Staffing 1,756 1,329 0 0 0 0 1,329 (426) (412) (14)
Non-Staffing 6,780 6,831 0 0 0 149 6,980 200 615 (415)
Income (1,845) (1,937) 0 0 0 268 (1,669) 176 (116) 292
6,691 6,223 0 0 0 417 6,641 (50) 87 (137)
Staffing 2,718 2,540 0 0 0 0 2,540 (177) (106) (71)
Non-Staffing 3,535 3,583 0 0 0 (235) 3,347 (188) (110) (78)
Income (3,602) (3,772) 0 0 0 0 (3,772) (171) (107) (64)
2,651 2,351 0 0 0 (235) 2,115 (536) (323) (213)
Staffing 7,257 7,120 0 0 0 0 7,120 (135) (40) (95)
Non-Staffing 15,657 15,347 0 0 0 (112) 15,234 (423) 99 (522)
Income (11,508) (11,069) 0 0 0 268 (10,801) 706 478 228
11,407 11,399 0 0 0 156 11,555 148 537 (389)
Grand Total 73,200 81,884 455 0 (3,966) 303 78,678 5,477 6,321 (845)
Director Digital Data
& Technology
Director Strategic &
Operational Finance
Strategic Finance
Statutory Accounting
Investments and
Pensions
Internal Audit
Finance Total
Legal Services
Business Intelligence
Counter Fraud
Digital
Human Resources
Procurement and
Commissioning
Resident Hub
Technology
Transformation
Corporate Services
Total
Communications
Democratic Services
Chief Executive's
Office Total
Property Services
Operational Assets
Highways
Place Total
Classification: Public
Corporate Resources & Infrastructure Select Committee – 5 March 2026
Table 5 – 2025/26 Savings Position by Directorate
RAG Rating 2025/26 & B/fwd savings
Total B G A1 A2 R W/O
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Finance Cashflow Measures (100) (100) (100)
Finance Future of Financial Systems - Full Year Effect (234) (100) (134) (234) 234
Finance Increase MVF by 1% (139) (139) (139)
Finance Older People's Discount - Latest Demand (200) (200) (200)
Finance Pension Payment Cashflow Measures (95) (95) (95)
Finance Revenue & Benefits - Automations & Customer Contact (334) (334) (334)
Finance ZBB Vacant Post Deletions (69) (69) (69)
Finance Internal Audit Staffing Cost Reduction (73) (73) (73)
(1,244) (871) 0 0 0 (239) (134) (1,244) 234
Corporate Services Digital & Intelligence Cost Rebasing Review (1,000) (1,000) (1,000)
Corporate Services Digital and Technology Contract Review - phase 1 (43) (43) (43)
Corporate Services Digital and Technology Contract Review - phase 2 (120) (60) (60) (120)
Corporate Services Fees & Charges Inflationary Uplifts 122 122 122
Corporate Services Reshaping Customer Experience and Business Support - phase
1 (1,340) (1,340) (1,340)
Corporate Services Reshaping Customer Experience and Business Support - phase
2 (536) (207) (52) (277) (536) 277
Corporate Services Counter Fraud Funding Strategy (72) (72) (72)
Corporate Services Counter Fraud: Review of Capability, Capacity and Activity (107) (107) (107)
Corporate Services Human Resources Service Review (143) (70) (73) (143) 143
Corporate Services Increase MVF by 1% (217) (217) (217)
(3,456) (2,707) (329) 0 0 (347) (73) (3,456) 420
Chief Executive's Office Communications; Outsourcing of the Council's Film Office (60) (31) (29) (60)
Chief Executive's Office Democratic Services; Registration Service Income Maximisation (30) (30) (30)
Chief Executive's Office Democratic Services; Remove Hard Copy Agendas for Statutory
Meetings (15) (15) (15)
Chief Executive's Office Legal Fees and Charges Review (326) (326) (326)
(431) (76) (29) (326) 0 0 0 (431) 0
Place Review of Civic Centre Operating Costs (274) (274) (274) 274
Place Review of VSLP (50) (50) (50)
Place Energy Consumption (928) (928) (928)
Place Council Assets (75) (75) (75) 75
Place Garage Voids (260) (80) (180) (260) 180
Place Rateable Savings (65) (65) (65)
Place Review of Commercial Leases (200) (200) (200) 200
(1,852) (1,043) (80) 0 0 0 (729) (1,852) 729
(6,984) (4,697) (438) (326) 0 (586) (936) (6,983) 1,383
2025/26
Slippage
Corporate Services Total
Finance Total
Place Total
Corporate Resources and Infrastructure Total
Directorate Description
Chief Executive's Office Total
Total
2025/26
Classification: Public
Corporate Resources & Infrastructure Select Committee – 5 March 2026
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