"Local authority budgets are under greater scrutiny and pressure than ever before due to increasing demand for services, particularly the high demand for adults' services, children's social care and SEND.
Wiltshire Council has created a short online survey to give you the opportunity to share your views on how they should prioritise spending. The survey is an online version of the short exercise Wiltshire Council asked people to do at recent drop-in events at some of our libraries (Ed - see earlier news below).
More than 1,200 of you have already shared your thoughts, thank you!"
The survey closes on Friday 8 November. View the survey here.
Source: Wiltshire Council
News from 4 October
Wiltshire Council is holding interactive drop-in sessions to give residents the opportunity to talk to the Leader of Wiltshire Council, Cllr Richard Clewer, and to the Cabinet Member for Finance, Cllr Nick Botterill, to give them your views on the services you believe should be financially prioritised in the Council's budget for 2025/26.
There will be drop-ins sessions at Chippenham, Salisbury and Trowbridge,
Nearest to Stratford sub Castle is the session at Salisbury Library on
Monday 7 October, 3.30pm - 6.30pm.
Wiltshire Council receives nearly 84% of its core funding from local taxes, business rates and council tax.
In 2024/25 the council's budget is around £490m, more than half of which is spent on adult and children's social care services.
The most significant spending in 2024/25 is on:
Adult services - £179.4m
Families and children - £70.8m
Environment - £49.6m
Highways and transport - £43m
Education and skills - £38.9m
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