Budget 2004-05 - information for council tax payers
These pages provide a summary of the issues that have influenced the setting of the city council's revenue budget for 2004/05. These issues include the level of council tax, the standard of service provision, public consultation, legislative requirements or proposals and the financial settlement provided by the Government.
The various links as highlighted below give a summary of the reasons for the changes from the 2003/04 revenue budget and show how these changes have affected the various budget allocations and increased the level of the council tax requirement.
The city council operates a medium-term financial strategy that is designed to address the major issue facing our city - the change in its demographic structure. The ambition of the city council's Cabinet is to make Salford a place where not only the young and old choose to live, but where families with children stay and are attracted. Cabinet's view is that this can be achieved through the implementation of the council's seven pledges:
- Improving health
- Reducing crime
- Encouraging learning, leisure and creativity
- Investing in young people
- Promoting inclusion - tackling poverty and social inequalities
- Creating prosperity
- Enhancing life
Prudence and efficiency also require that the strategy takes into account the key messages emerging from the various independent reviews on the services that the council provides. In particular the Government's comprehensive performance assessment (CPA), the Improvement and Development Agency's (IDeA) peer review, best value and service inspections, and targets as set out in the council's own public service agreement - together with the key messages from consultation with local people in previous years and more recently in December 2003 and January 2004.
The formulation of the approved budget for 2004/05 forms part of a strategy covering 2004/05 to 2006/07. This financial strategy ensures that there is a close link between the allocation of resources to services and the achievement of specific service outcomes as illustrated in the following pages.
The details analysis of the 2004/05 revenue budget is provided by the links covering the sections shown below:
- How we managed resources in 2003/04
- Salford City Council's spending plans 2004/05
- The council tax level 2004/05
This page was last updated on 21 July 2004
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