{"id":45970,"date":"2020-12-01T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=45970"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:18:57","slug":"vale-council-faces-12-8-million-debt-due-to-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/12\/01\/vale-council-faces-12-8-million-debt-due-to-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale council faces \u00a312.8 million debt due to Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Councillors concerned that uncertainty will result in restructuring  services<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>THE Vale of Glamorgan council is facing a \u00a312.8 million deficit next year due to Covid-19, according to budget proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government\u2019s Local Authority Emergency Hardship Grant has covered \u00a36 million of the council\u2019s costs up until September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Vale council faces &#8220;considerable uncertainty&#8221; around the Welsh Government\u2019s financial support, with costs rising across key departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA substantial proportion of the balance will need to be found through the reshaping of council services,\u201d it reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council plans to raise funds by increasing council tax by 4.9% but still anticipates a \u00a312.8 million shortfall due to \u201cadditional expenditure but also from a loss of income\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Vale of Glamorgan council offices\" class=\"wp-image-45985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1400x700.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Vale of Glamorgan council offices\" class=\"wp-image-45985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/vale-council-offices-1400x700.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Vale of Glamorgan council will increase council tax to help cover budget shortfalls.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is largely due to the mounting costs of handling the coronavirus pandemic, combined with the loss of income from car parks and public amenities and new costs including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Additional PPE equipment<\/li><li>New signs installed in town centres.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the council has also had to expand existing services including homeless support and mental wellbeing services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/jrY9a\/4\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/jrY9a\/4\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe anticipate that [mental wellbeing] is the area that will see most significant pressure over the coming 18 months as a direct consequence of Covid,\u201d reports the directorate of Social Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government is expected to provide additional financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the meantime, Vale of Glamorgan council will need to focus on increasing its savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the council has set a savings target of \u00a310.63 million over the next two years. But its target for this year is substantially lower &#8211; just \u00a3247k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/ybnh7\/3\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"237\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/ybnh7\/3\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"237\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p>Vale council estimates its savings in 2022 will be between \u00a36.813 million and \u00a313.667 million. This is assuming that council tax increases relieve the pressure of increased costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council&#8217;s proposed 4.9% tax increase would raise around \u00a33.89 million this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the council broke even last year, Learning &amp; Skills spent significantly more than its budget with additional learning needs pushing them \u00a3755,000 over budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social Services were also under pressure last year due to costs associated with placing children in care homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Welsh Government stepped in with a \u00a3500,000 grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additional cost of Covid-related pressures means Social Services will likely dominate the council\u2019s overspend for the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councillors concerned that \u2018considerable uncertainty\u2019 will result in restructuring council services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":45975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[929,1729,266,1022,428],"coauthors":[6727],"class_list":["post-45970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barry","category-news","tag-budget","tag-budget-cuts","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-vale-of-glamorgan-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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