Financial Challenges
Last updated | 15/05/2012
Perth & Kinross Council faces unprecedented challenges as a
result of national budget cuts. Work has been ongoing for many
months to explore options which will help find millions of pounds
of savings.
In the years leading up to 2011, the Council’s budget
increased each year in order to accommodate new legislation and the
delivery of major government initiatives. However, government
funding will reduce significantly in future years.
At the same time demand for our services will continue to increase.
To prepare for this the Council has introduced effective financial
and workforce planning measures.
Our savings target is £22m by 2013/14. This is better than we
anticipated, but clearly the Council still has to find significant
savings over coming years.
There are no easy choices. We need to make big changes and find
ways of delivering services at a much lower cost. We may have to
change, reduce or even stop some services. We may also have to
increase or introduce new charges to allow some services to
continue.
This is your Council and we want to ensure that you:
• Know about the challenges we face and how we are managing
them
• Had the opportunity to have your say and can see
how your views had an impact on some of the important
decisions that needed to be made.
On these web pages you can find out more about the challenges we
face and how we plan to work with you to meet those
challenges. You can also find out more about the consultation
and engagements events that were carried out by clicking
on the ‘have your say’ link below.
