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Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Budget Strategy 2026/27 and Medium-Term Financial Plan
Cabinet agreed the budget principles that will shape the 2026/27 Budget and how to meet the budget reduction requirement. It asked directorates to identify savings for the £38.4 million gap in 2026/27 and the £126.9 million gap to 2029/30. It delegated power to the Chief Executive to implement savings in advance where no policy decision is needed. It noted that the Medium-Term Financial Plan will be refreshed. It agreed that consultation on 2026/27 proposals will happen when options are clear. It proposed that Full Council adopt the budget timetable in Appendix 2.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Budget 2026/27 and Medium-Term Financial Plan update
Council adopted the Budget Timetable Framework in Appendix 2. It agreed that the work outlined should go ahead to inform budget preparation. The vote was 66 for, 2 against (Cllrs McEvoy and Topham) and no abstentions.
Glamorgan Archives Joint Committee
Draft revenue budget 2026/27
Members agreed the draft budget proposals for 2026/27, as set out in paragraphs 5 to 33 of the report.
Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Budget 2026/27: pre-decision scrutiny
The committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations and recommendations on the way forward.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Budget Report 2026/27
RESOLVED: that A. The Cabinet, having taken account of the comments of the Section 151 Officer in respect of the robustness of the budget and the adequacy of the reserves as required under Section 25 of the Local Government Act 2003, and having considered the responses to the Budget Consultation recommend that Council: 1.0 Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council Tax by 3.90% as set out in this report and that the Council resolve the following terms. 2.0 Note that at its meeting on 18 December 2025 Cabinet calculated…
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Budget 2026/27 and Council Tax
Council approved the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets, including all proposals, and a 3.90% rise in Council Tax. It set the Council Tax amounts for each valuation band and area for 2026/27. It approved the Capital Strategy, the Treasury Management Strategy, the Prudential Indicators for 2026/27 to 2030/31, the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy for 2026/27 and the Budgetary Framework. It agreed to keep the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme and recognised the financial challenges set out in the Medium-Term Financial Plan. The Liberal Democrat alternative budget, moved by Cllr Carter and seconded by Cllr Berman, was lost by 8 votes to 59, with 2 abstentions. The Conservative alternative budget, moved by Cllr Cowan and seconded by Cllr Lancaster, was lost by 8 votes to 59, with 1 abstention. The recommendations in the report were carried by 46 votes to 13, with 10 abstentions.
Items are linked when their titles share most of their words and they fall within 18 months of each other. Councils don't number reports across meetings, so a few links may be wrong, and a step may be missing if its title changed a lot. Each step links to the meeting, where the council's own papers are.