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Freedom of Information Request

Funding Gap

Received: 19 May 2025

Despite routinely carrying out important and vital work to support their communities, local councils are facing significant funding challenges. We are carrying out a Freedom of Information request to try and ascertain the scale of the funding challenge that local councils are facing in the medium-term future. Please can you answer the following questions:1.What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2026/27?2.What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2026/27?3.What is your current predicted cumulative funding gap by the end of the financial year 2027/28? (the total combined predicted funding gap of the financial years 2026/27 and 2027/28)4.What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2027/28?

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  • Response (all information to be supplied) - application/pdf - Download