Your target is to reduce spending by £34m to balance the budget.
You have balanced the budget.
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A cut in funds would mean a dangerous reduction in the attention and monitoring of safety regulations. Individuals could find themselves working in dangerous conditions with no official route of action or support.
Less staff will mean a substantial delay in resolving community issues, potentially resulting in increased community unrest and violence.
The Environmental Health out of hours service could no longer be provided. A cut in funds for these services would mean less members of staff to respond to complaints and reported grievances, causing substantially delayed response time.
The reduction of the pest control treatment service would result in uncontrollable levels of pest infestations.
We can run community engagement events where individuals can see the affects of their actions on the environment and encourage change and best practise.
Actions such as fly-tipping and bad food hygiene can be highlighted and minimised via this preventative, educational action.
Supporting reading material can be distributed among the community, encouraging and educating best practise.
Environmental Health out of hours service will be extended providing increased resources to investigate and deal with matters such as noise nuisance and fly tipping which affect the public.
Increased pressure on reduced waste services could mean a drop in efficiency and the littered streets encouraging vermin. This would mean more money would have to be allocated to pest control instead.
Less frequent refuse collections will increase littered streets and fly tipping
Street sweeping and general community cleansing will be reduced.
Existing service levels would be maintained. Key areas would be cleaned more frequently and little litter would be present ensuring a high standard of environmental quality is maintained in the City Centre and major routes.
Additional resources would be introduced to improve street cleaning citywide and to deal with the increasing demand to tackle environmental crime issues through education/enforcement.
Further investment will enable engagement with international environmental policies such as ethical disposal of electronics.
The Council would be able to accommodate extra demand for recycling services and introduce additional services to residents e.g. household food waste collections, Bank Holiday working.
Resources and healthcare for disabled children and those with special learning requirements will have to be cut, having a negative effect on the quality of life for those individuals and their families.
32% of nurseries and day care centres will close due to lack of funding, and those which survive will become overcrowded. The quality of care and facilities will suffer.
With cuts to resources in this area we could see national averages in secondary and later education, drop.
The area's profile as a desirable place for families to live could suffer as facilities for early education are reduced.
Investment would allow more free nurseries and childcare facilities city wide, allowing more families to benefit from early years education.
Grants and financial support would be available towards healthcare, learning support and family counselling for those with disabled children or special circumstances.
More investment will allow national targets for early learning facilities to be met, and standards to be exceeded improving the area's profile as a desirable place to live. More jobs for nursery nurses boosting the economy of the local area.
In addition to the consequences from 10% and 20% reductions,reduction in budget allocation to this service will mean significant closures and discontinuation of all mobile services:
In addition to the consequences from a 10% reduction, a 20% reduction in budget allocation to this service will mean the closure for half of all community Libraries:
A 10% reduction in budget allocation to this service will ensure minimal closures, but restricted opening times:
A 10% increase in budget allocation to this service will enable:
In addition to the consequences from a 10% increase, a 20% increase in budget allocation to this service will enable:
In addition to the consequences from a 10% and 20% increase, a 30% increase in budget allocation to this service will enable:
50% of sports facilities will undergo closures. We will no longer be eligible for central government grants for cities investing in health and wellbeing. Facility closures will results in loss of jobs and compromise the City's reputation for sporting excellence.
20% decrease in budget will see 25% of sporting facilities undergo closures and reduce eligibility for funding initiatives aimed to support sporting excellence by funding city development.
All sporting facilities will increase membership fees and charges to customers.
10% decrease in budget will see 5% fewer initiatives for getting children involved in sports, restricting young people from being educated in the importance of health living. As a long term risk this could compromise the general health of residents.
Limited services and facilities available will mean a lack of variety and inability to cater for the wider community in terms of ability, taste and activity level.
10% increase in budget will see free activities and events engaging residents with sports, catering for a wide variety of skill levels.
20% increase in budget will mean coaching and tuition can be more widely accessed in terms of availability, frequency and location.
20% increase in budget will allow investment in facility development including a competition standard athletics ground to attract sporting events and trade.
Reduced funding in this area would directly affect how stringently we are able to enforce regulations and standards of living. Privately rented accommodation would have little to no benchmark of acceptable standards and landlords could monopolise rent rates.
A significant cut in grants and financial support available for private landlords to improve the exterior of buildings, would lead to general disrepair.
There will be an increase in poor quality housing across the city, which would reduce the quality of life for the city's homeowners and private tenants.
Lack of support for homeowners around strategy and financial management could lead to increased statistics of home repossession.
Roofs and fencing can be repaired in certain areas to improve neighbourhoods and boost security and comfort
Free packs containing energy saving advice, light bulbs, carbon monoxide detectors can be distributed.
Additional support for homeowners around strategy and financial management would improve the statistics around home repossession.
Investment in this area could help us improve the quality of private rented housing in the city and support enforcement of rented property maintenance regulations.