ER Magazine // BUDGET


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Shaping our Future 2015-2018


This budget book provides a summary of proposed savings that have been identified to help meet East Renfrewshire Council’s estimated funding


shortfall of around £20million between 2015 and 2018. The list of savings proposals presented today is not exhaustive


and we will have to find a further £2.4m of savings in the coming three years to make sure that we meet our target. We will continue


to consider additional proposals that may arise from ongoing service redesigns and reviews of our internal processes, management and administration arrangements and national developments.


Reducing our spending is not a new challenge for the council but the impact of the savings required over the next three years should not be


underestimated, especially against a backdrop of the considerable savings already made by the Council since 2011, amounting to around £32million. It is important to recognise that no decisions on 2015/18 savings proposals have been made. The final decision will be made in February 2015 when Council agrees its budget for the


forthcoming three financial years. Elected Members will decide when and how savings will be implemented, having reflected on comments from local people, staff and trade unions.


Shaping O Futureur


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