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Derbyshire Times news bulletin 7th November
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07/11/2023
Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
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Chesterfield Council Chiefs have put out tough saving proposals
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to combat a forecasted multi-million pound budget shortfall and significant funding gaps.
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Labour-controlled Chesterfield Borough Council has stated it is facing serious gaps in its budget,
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like many other local authorities nationwide, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
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the cost of living crisis and high inflation rates, but it has stressed that it aims to
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protect essential services and continue supporting the most vulnerable. Deputy Leader Councillor
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Amanda Sargent has previously stated that the council will consequently have to reduce its
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workforce by looking at voluntary redundancies and voluntary retirement options while avoiding
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the need for compulsory redundancies, but this may also mean stopping the delivery of some services
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and possibly reducing others. The council has now put forward a plan to review how tourist
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information services are delivered, including the use of the Visitor Information Centre in Ricknell
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Square, how some council community buildings are used, namely Haslam Village Hall, the Assembly
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Rooms and the Revolution House, the levels of funding provided to a range of external organisations,
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including community and voluntary groups, and subsidies applied to the running of outdoor
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sports and leisure centres, and how council venues, including the Winding Wheel Theatre,
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the Healthy Living Centre and Queen's Park Sports Centre, are managed to ensure commercial
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opportunities and income is maximised. The council events programme is also to be looked at to make
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sure events are effectively supporting the town centre and that parks are providing value for
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money, and the council is also seeking further approvals to develop detailed plans for the
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possible introduction of charging for the collection of garden waste and a review of
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how the residents town centre car parking scheme currently runs. Like so many local authorities
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across the country, this council is facing extreme pressures on its budgets due to a variety of
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factors outside of our control. Not only are we feeling the impact of exceptionally high inflation
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rates, but the cost of living crisis means that people need our services now more than ever.
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But the income we receive from things like our venues is falling and we're still bearing the
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long-term financial impacts of the pandemic. This is compounded by piecemeal government
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underfunding of the public sector, which has seen the amount of money that we receive from
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government more than half since 2010 in real terms. So whilst this isn't a financial crisis
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of our making, we must respond to it nonetheless and do so in a responsible and sustainable way.
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There's still much uncertainty but some things are clear. Councils can't do what they've always done.
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We've already made significant savings over the last 18 months, but much more is needed to address
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budget gaps that stretch into the millions. Some services will need to stop or be delivered by
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other agencies. Many will have to be delivered differently. This means some difficult choices
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and really hard decisions about where under pressure council budgets need to be spent in
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the future. The council's cabinet is due to consider some of those difficult choices
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and a series of savings proposals have been put forward to help bridge this gap. From potentially
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introducing new charges for some of our services such as green waste collection,
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to reviewing the future of some of our buildings, to thinking about the funding we provide to some
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external bodies. We need to make some hard choices. Many of these proposals will need further
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development as well as conversations with our communities before any final decision can be made.
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We will continue to be open and honest about the things that may need to change
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and there will be different opportunities for you to give us your views and help shape the future of
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our services. But at the heart of all of these difficult choices will be our commitment to
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continue to put our communities first, doing all we can to protect the essential services
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that local people rely on.
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