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The Facing the Future consultation has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback has helped the Council set a balanced budget, in line with the things that are important to you.
The consultation findings and feedback on the key messages are available here
The findings were discussed by the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Cabinet and Full Council in February 2022, to help inform Councillor’s decisions to set the budget. Information about these meetings is available on the Council's website:
Details for Overview and Scrutiny here Details for Cabinet here Details for Full Council here
We have a range of Council-wide services that enable the Council to be safe and well-managed. These include areas such as Human Resources, Finance, ICT, Legal, Transformation, data and support to decision-making.
Key priorities in this area are to enable an efficient and empowering Council and tackling the poverty emergency.
We have developed a number of proposals to balance the budget and ensure there is enough money to tackle these priorities.
We would like to hear:
Your views on whether these proposals are the right choices
Any further ideas for saving money or raising income
To find out more, please watch our animation below, or details of the Council-wide proposals are available here.
Share your views:
To share your views please complete a survey below.
This consultation will be open until 12 December 2021.
The Facing the Future consultation has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback has helped the Council set a balanced budget, in line with the things that are important to you.
The consultation findings and feedback on the key messages are available here
The findings were discussed by the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Cabinet and Full Council in February 2022, to help inform Councillor’s decisions to set the budget. Information about these meetings is available on the Council's website:
Details for Overview and Scrutiny here Details for Cabinet here Details for Full Council here
We have a range of Council-wide services that enable the Council to be safe and well-managed. These include areas such as Human Resources, Finance, ICT, Legal, Transformation, data and support to decision-making.
Key priorities in this area are to enable an efficient and empowering Council and tackling the poverty emergency.
We have developed a number of proposals to balance the budget and ensure there is enough money to tackle these priorities.
We would like to hear:
Your views on whether these proposals are the right choices
Any further ideas for saving money or raising income
To find out more, please watch our animation below, or details of the Council-wide proposals are available here.
Share your views:
To share your views please complete a survey below.
This consultation will be open until 12 December 2021.
The Facing the Future consultation has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback is helping the Council set a balanced budget, in line with the things that are important to you.
We are currently looking at what you told us in detail, to write a report that summarises your feedback to help inform Councillor’s decisions when they set the budget.
The findings will be discussed by the Council’s Cabinet and Full Council in February 2022.
Send us feedback on the Council-wide proposals through our survey.
Before completing the survey please ensure that you have read the budget consultation booklet here. The information is also available in web accessible format here.
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The Facing the Future consultation has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who took part, your feedback is helping the Council set a balanced budget, in line with the things that are important to you.
We are currently looking at what you told us in detail, to write a report that summarises your feedback to help inform Councillor’s decisions when they set the budget.
The findings will be discussed by the Council’s Cabinet and Full Council in February 2022.
Telephone: 0300 123 8 123 quoting 'Facing the Future’
Write to: Facing the Future, Insight and Intelligence, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Council Offices, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BE
Alternative formats: available on request using the contact details above
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