Budget Views
Responding to the Challenge, Looking to the future
Sir Albert Bore’s budget speech to City Council, 3 March 2015 CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction Lord Mayor, I would like to present our budget proposals for 2015/16 to this City Council for approval. It has become traditional for me to start this speech by saying that this year’s budget was even harder to produce than […]
Business Plan 2015 - Budget report and resource plan
A progressive vision featuring better partnership working and more involvement from local communities is needed to help meet the financial challenge ahead, according to the new Birmingham City Council Business Plan. In his foreword to the document, due before Cabinet on February 16, Council Leader Sir Albert Bore says the council has”reached the end of […]
Future plans for Library of Birmingham being explored
Details of a proposal for the Library of Birmingham to start discussions with the British Library have been announced at this afternoon’s (January 6) City Council meeting. Cllr Penny Holbrook, Cabinet Member for Skills Learning and Culture said the council had begun conversations at a national level relating to the development of proposals for the […]
Budget Consultation: Another chance to quiz Cabinet
Budget Consultation Webchat Wednesday 7 January 2015 6.30-8.30pm Cabinet members will again be online to answer your budget consultation questions in a special Q&A webcast on 7 January 2015. Consultation on Birmingham City Council’s budget proposals for 2015-16 and beyond runs until 12 January 2015. And, after an earlier webcast attracted over 5,000 viewers, Leader […]
Not the end of the story for Birmingham libraries
Cabinet Member for Skills, Learning and Culture, Cllr Penny Holbrook, reflects on one of the big talking points from the ongoing BrumBudget15 consultation. Since the budget white paper was published on 10 December, there’s inevitably been a lot of focus on the Library of Birmingham. I completely understand that and wanted to explain the situation […]
Statement on libraries budget position
Cllr Penny Holbrook, Cabinet Member for Skills, Learning and Culture, has issued the following statement after the publication of the council’s budget white paper for 2015/16: Cllr Holbrook said: “It is with a heavy heart that we go out to consultation on budget cuts for the Library of Birmingham, that could impact on opening hours, […]
Budget consultation 2015+
Birmingham City Council today launched the 2015+ budget consultation, issuing a white paper following discussion on the green paper Responding to the Challenge, Looking to the Future, published in October. See the budget white paper here Consultation events Sir Albert Bore wrote: This white paper sets out in more detail our proposed budget savings for […]
Webcast: Your budget questions answered
Budget Consultation Webchat Wednesday 10 December 2014 6-8pm Cabinet members will be online to answer your budget consultation questions in a special webcast on 10 December. Broad proposals for the future role and purpose of Birmingham City Council were outlined in a Green Paper, published on 23 October. The Budget Green Paper sets out the […]
#BrumBudget15 Consultation meetings
Our detailed budget proposals for next year will be published for formal consultation in December. One way to get involved in the budget consultation and have your say on these proposals is to attend one of the public meetings outlined below. Thursday 11 December 2014 Time: 6-8pm Venue: Council House Monday 15 December 2014 Time: […]
Responding to the challenge, looking to the future
A Green Paper from Birmingham City Council October 2014 Sir Albert Bore wrote: As you will be aware, Birmingham City Council has been dealing with the challenge of significant funding cuts since 2010. As this green paper shows, we have already made over £460m of cuts over that period and we face around £315m or […]
