2. The Council’s Priorities Consultation
Katie Pegg, Team Manager Media Relations
Zafar Saleem, Head of Communities, Policy ＆ Resilience
Nick Wash, Head of Finance

3. Story so far Leicestershire has a resident population of 690,000
Is 800 square miles (208,000 hectares) in size
6,000 staff (12,000 including school staff)
We were rated by IMPOWER as most productive council in 2017 and 2018 
We’ve saved £200m since 2010
We’ve balanced the books until 2020

4. Key savings

5. Key savings

6. Future challenges

7. Gross spend

8. Funding available

9. Government spending

10. Budget spending
OTHERS

11. Leicestershire’s changing population

12. Future population

13. The local position

14. Comparative Funding levels

15. What are the options?
Service Growth is our biggest financial challenge
Fair Funding would help, but won’t solve everything
The local government position is challenging. Leicestershire continues to be in a relatively good position, despite low funding
We continue to focus on income generation, managing demand and delivering efficiencies, but there could be further service reductions

16. Over the next few months we will be:
Meeting with partners
Seeking views of voluntary & community groups
Hosting focus groups for residents
Sending a copy of ‘Have your say on the council’s priorities’ to every household
Encouraging people to complete the online survey

17. Your involvement
Looking at the key proposals which communities might be significantly affected?
How might we best engage with those communities?
A task & finish group will be needed

18. Stay involved