2025/26 Draft Budget Consultation

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Draft budget proposals 2025/26

The council is facing significant financial challenges – it needs a loan from government and more income to restore services after years of underfunding and cuts. This draft budget addresses recommendations from an independent external review earlier this year and the council’s own Financial Improvement and Sustainability Plan.

From April 2025, the council proposes to spend £127.4m to deliver essential local services. This is an increase of £36m on the current year’s budget and includes efficiency savings of £6.7m from transforming services and increased income.

These proposals will mean the council will be able to set a budget to deliver the services residents need. However, achieving a balanced budget is dependent on having support from central government to raise council tax beyond the 4.99% limit without conducting a local referendum.

Draft budget proposals 2025/26

The council is facing significant financial challenges – it needs a loan from government and more income to restore services after years of underfunding and cuts. This draft budget addresses recommendations from an independent external review earlier this year and the council’s own Financial Improvement and Sustainability Plan.

From April 2025, the council proposes to spend £127.4m to deliver essential local services. This is an increase of £36m on the current year’s budget and includes efficiency savings of £6.7m from transforming services and increased income.

These proposals will mean the council will be able to set a budget to deliver the services residents need. However, achieving a balanced budget is dependent on having support from central government to raise council tax beyond the 4.99% limit without conducting a local referendum.

  • Budget Consultation

    Give us your views

    This consultation is your opportunity to provide feedback on the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s draft budget for 2025/26. Your responses will help us to understand more about how our proposals will affect you and your community, and if there is anything else you think we should consider.

    The summary of responses from this consultation will be published on 19 February 2025 on the RBWM Together website. The findings of this consultation will help councillors make informed decisions when the final budget is debated at a Full Council Meeting on 5 March 2025, and the outcome will be published on the council’s website following this meeting.

    This consultation is open from Thursday 19 December 2024 until 11.59pm on Thursday 30 January 2025. If you need any assistance with accessing the online survey or a paper copy of this consultation, please visit one of the borough’s libraries.

    If you can’t submit the responses online, paper copies of the survey can be returned to: Budget Consultation, FAO Strategy, Policy and Performance team, Town Hall, St Ives Rd, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF.  

    The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact budgetconsultation@RBWM.gov.uk.

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