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50 Ways to save £50m – Shaer Halewood, Warrington Borough Council. 50 ways to save £50m. In 2012 DCLG published 50 ways to save - examples of sensible savings in local government Some ‘sensible ideas’ from DCLG: Close subsidised canteens
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50 Ways to save £50m – Shaer Halewood, Warrington Borough Council
50 ways to save £50m • In 2012 DCLG published 50 ways to save - examples of sensible savings in local government Some ‘sensible ideas’ from DCLG: • Close subsidised canteens • Cancel away days in posh hotel and glitzy award ceremonies • Stop spending money on commercial lobbyists • Stop translating documents into foreign language • Reduce first class travel
50 ways to save £50m • A year later the Tax Payers Alliance published 201 ways to save money, written by H&F Councillor Harry Phibbs These contained equally ‘sensible’ ideas: • Close your film unit • Turn down the temperature in council buildings • Cut down on the number of cars for Parks Constabulary • Cut down on the number of flights • Cease providing healthcare for senior bureaucrats • And my personal favourite…….
50 ways to save £50m Use cows and sheep as council lawnmowers
50 ways to save £50m • The Council has a net budget of £140m for 2016/17 • Savings made over 5 years from 2011 – 2016 = £93m • Further £19m in 16/17 and another £20m planned to 2019/20 when we anticipate we will be self funding • Fastest growing economy outside London • One of the poorest funded authorities in the UK • One of the lowest levels of Council Tax
50 ways to save £50m • In 2014 Warrington produced their own guide 50 Ways to Save £50m • Not really ground breaking savings but we have a remit to be more innovative and risk aware than most councils straight from the Finance Portfolio holder • This is where the bulk of our savings are anticipated going forward, to help us protect our most needy • Currently involved in discussions with Government over a devolution deal with Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester Councils
50 ways to save £50m Where have our savings been made? • £17.1m Staffing – redundancy or not replacing posts • £4.0m Income generation/recharging • £8.0m Stopping or reducing services • £2.6m Windfall/contingency • £0.9m Partnering/joining up • £0.5m Terms & Conditions • £0.6m Closure of Buildings • £3.7m Contract renegotiations
50 ways to save £50m Where have our savings been made? • £0.9m Waste • £1.3m Transport • £1.7m Alternative Service Delivery Options • £0.3m Cuts to grants/donations • £0.8m General budget reductions – Supplies & Services • £3.0m LSVT • £0.6m Reduce Insurance Premium/Recharges • £4.0m One off grants/Reserves for unachieved savings
50 ways to save £50m Since then a further: • £7.6m Staffing – redundancy or not replacing posts • £5.8m Income generation/recharging • £2.3m Stopping or reducing services • £0.9m Windfall/contingency • £1.2m Partnering/joining up • £0.1m Terms & Conditions • £0.7m Buildings related • £1.7m Contract renegotiations
50 ways to save £50m Since then a further: • £0.5m Transport • £2.5m Alternative Service Delivery Options including invest to save • £0.3m Cuts to grants/donations • £0.1m General budget reductions – Supplies & Services • £1.0m One off grants/Reserves for unachieved savings
50 ways to save £50m Plus corporate/treasury savings: • £5.3m on loans to RP’s • £2.0m taking out a bond • £4.0m review of MRP • £3.4m innovative treasury investments And further to come from: • Public Sector Investment Gateway • Community Investment Fund • Green Investment Fund
50 ways to save £50m • Our 50 ways was to demonstrate to our community that we are not sitting on high levels of reserves or rainy day funds • It was nothing new and many other councils have followed suit • Very much progressing transformational savings for service delivery and more invest to save projects • Purchasing more property but not just for regeneration programme, for investment • But we are moving into the unknown with a remit to do so
50 ways to save £50m Thanks for your time Shaer Halewood, Head of Accountancy 01925 442766 – shalewood1@warrington.gov.uk Lynton Green, Director of Finance and Information Svcs 01925 443930 – lgreen@warrington.gov.uk Danny Mather, Corporate Finance Manager 01925 442344 - dzmather@warrington.gov.uk