Finance bosses at Shropshire Council say they need to be “ruthless” to reign in the council’s spending position after early in-year projections made for “grim reading”.
A council scrutiny committee on Monday recommended the cabinet looks at plans to further reduce the authority’s third-arty spending, with some councillors warning it would need to be “totally ruthless” in order to avoid drifting into the red.
Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton councillor Rosemary Dartnall said the report made for “grim reading”, while Longden councillor Roger Evans said he was concerned the council’s budget was close to being out of balance.“The report shows the portfolio holders and their areas of finance, and every one of them is overspent, one of them by £14m. What are we doing at this council?”
He added that a savings delivery team has been created at the council to help identify potential cuts in service areas.
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