Derbyshire Now – 5th September 2025 Edition

Budget and council plan on track

Savings and efficiencies across the board are ensuring our budget remains on track for the current year, despite continued social care pressures.

In a report detailing our budget position for the first three months of this financial year, to be considered by Cabinet on Thursday 11 September, we are forecasting a net overspend of £1.3m over the course of the current financial year (2025-2026). The report is item 5 on the agenda.

Compared to a forecast overspend at the same point two years ago of £46.4m, and the position at the same point last year of a forecast overspend of just over £20m, the much-reduced forecast overspend figure for 2025-26 reveals the results of wide-scale efficiencies and a programme of savings put in place across all areas of spending to reduce costs.

The report goes into more detail about the budget position and further savings that are being made.

As well as the budget position, next week’s report sets out how the council is performing against its Council Plan 2025-29 outcomes, with changes to some of the actions being proposed to better reflect the new administration’s priorities.

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