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Added at 21:48 on 15 November 2025

Budget black hole and rising costs a threat to council services

With one of the most difficult budget positions of recent years expected for 2026/27, Councillor Ross Moreland, Policy Lead for Finance Services set out the financial challenges facing the area’s council services:

“I am sometimes asked why there are council budget gaps every year. Very simply it’s because demand and costs for services increase, but our funding doesn’t match those increases and can go down.
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