The current predicted funding gap

We are carrying out a Freedom of Information request to try and ascertain the scale of the funding challenge that local councils are facing in the medium-term future. Please can you answer the following questions:

1.  What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2027/28?

2. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2027/28?

3.  What is your current predicted cumulative funding gap by the end of the financial year 2028/29? (the total combined predicted funding gap of the financial years 2027/28 and 2028/29)

4. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2028/29?
 

1-4. All the information is available in our budget book on the website, specifically in the Financial Strategy (Appendix D).

Please see link ; LCC published document Budget book 2026/27: (Public Pack)Budget Book 2026-27 Updated following Council Agenda Supplement for Council, 20/02/2026 10:00

As such, this information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which provides that a public authority need not comply with a request for disclosure under the Act where that information is reasonably accessible by other means