County council announce £67 million savings target by 2020

WARWICKSHIRE County Council has announced a set of options it will consider to achieve savings of around £67 million by 2020.

According to the council reductions in Government grants, inflation and demographic pressures mean the council must identify these savings over the next three years.

Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Leader of the council, has made a public statement at a council meeting at Shire Hall on Thursday in which she outlined the scale of the financial situation faced by the local authority, and revealed the options prepared by officers to meet the challenges.

These options will form the basis of a conversation with the public to find out what people value most, before the budget is set in February.

Through-out the council statement, Cllr Seccombe put forward the council’s core ambitions to protect vulnerable members of the community and promote economic growth.

“We now need to identify around a further £67 million worth of savings over the next 3 years. This £67 million arises from reductions in Government grant, inflation and additional demographic pressures. This means shaping the future of a very different County Council and different public service provision in Warwickshire by 2020. Everything we do is on behalf of and impacts on the people of Warwickshire and we need to have a conversation with people about their priorities, hopes and fears, challenges and ambitions,” Cllr Seccombe said.