Medium Term Strategy
The Medium Term Strategy is the council's key financial planning document.
The strategy is based on the key principles of prudence and sustainability. It aims to contain spending levels within projected resources and maintain an adequate level of reserves, while still allowing continued progress to be made against the council's vision and priorities.
The Medium Term Strategy sets the general context for members when setting the annual budget. The most recent Medium Term Strategy was approved by the Executive in September 2011 for recommendation to Council and subsequently approved at Council on 20 October 2011.
Budget Book
The Budget Book is the Council's published plan of all income and expenditure for the financial year, as approved by members. The Budget Book details:
- the General Fund revenue budgets, organised by committee. The net cost of services in the General Fund is financed by Council Tax
- the housing revenue account budget, which comprises services provided for and paid for by council housing tenants
- the Capital Plan, which summarises approved expenditure on major projects to replace or enhance existing assets or create new ones
Download the 2011–12 Budget Book.
Copies of the Budget Book for previous years are available from the archive of financial publications.
Council Tax leaflet
The Council Tax leaflet is a statutory document distributed with Council Tax and business rate bills every March.
The leaflet summarises how the city council, county council, police and fire authorities each spend their share of Council Tax.
We collect the tax on behalf of the other authorities and then redistribute it to them.
Read more about the leaflet on the How Council Tax is spent page.
