Over the last 10 years, there has been an average shortfall in Central Government funding to Nottingham City Council of £97 million each year.  For this coming financial year 2024/2025, the City Council are preparing to make £50 million of cuts to jobs and services. This will have a devastating impact on services that citizens in Nottingham need and use every day. 

In addition, in this current financial year, there is an in-year shortfall of £23 million that has led to the issuing of a Section 114 notice, which means that all new spending unless absolutely needed for safeguarding and other statutory purposes, has ceased. 

We, the undersigned, do not accept that the City Council has to make these cuts. There are alternatives , one of which includes the launching of a public campaign by councillors to demand direct support from Central Government to offset the proposed £53 million cuts and any in-year deficit. There is recent precedent for such direct government assistance that includes £70 million given by government to Northamptonshire County Council in 2018, and £100 million given to Surrey County Council in 2022 in return for Surrey Council restructuring its special needs provision. 

We call on Nottingham City Council to immediately launch a campaign to secure this additional funding in order to avoid any further cuts to jobs and services.