Shaping our future together: our medium-term plan 2019-2020 to 2021-22 - This consultation has now ended

Our financial position remains very challenging. Newcastle has faced cuts that are unfair and disproportionate, more than twice the national average since 2010. By 2019-20 we will be in the ninth year of austerity. Over the period to 2022, we will have had to save a staggering £327 million due to government cuts and increasing cost pressures. Find out more here:

Over the next three years we need to save £60 million. The funding gap in 2019-20 is £20 million, assuming an increase in Council Tax, the savings requirement is £16.9 million. 


You can find out more about the background to our budget by visiting our website here: Shaping Our Future Together or by reading these documents:

More details about proposals that will impact on services in 2019-20 are set out in Integrated Impact Assessments:
  1. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
  2. Community Hubs, Libraries and Contact Centre
  3. Waste Disposal - Charitable Organisations
  4. Parking Services - Review of Customer Offer
  5. Supporting Independence Scheme
  6. Financial Services
  7. Council Tax and Adult Social Care Precept
You can give us your views by taking part in our online surveys below. Or you can email us at: letstalk@newcastle.gov.uk, or write to us at: Letstalk Newcastle Medium Term Plan, c/o Policy and Communications Team, 1st Floor, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH. 
You can also contact us by email or post at the above details if you need the consultation materials in different formats such as large print.
What happens next
We will consult on our draft budget proposals from 9 November 2018 until 6 January 2019. In February 2019 Cabinet will agree the post-consultation budget and will recommend it to full Council. Council will then meet in March 2019 to debate and vote on the budget. 
We will publish the final budget proposals, including a report on the consultation findings, on our website: Newcastle City Council 
Thank you for giving us your views. 
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Start Date

09 November 2018

End Date

06 January 2019

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Days Remaining

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Result

Thank you to everyone who took part in our consultation earlier this year on our medium-term plan, for 2019-20 to 2021-22. More than 3,500 people took part in a 12-week long consultation, and we received 716 individual pieces of feedback. In all, 334 people completed the council’s online budget simulator - the People’s Budget - with 87 trying but giving up. 

With no change to our long-term financial position, we will continue to press ahead with a series of difficult decisions to set a balanced budget but will support some new projects funded by one-off additional money. The £1.6m is a result of a better than expected allocation from the New Homes Bonus (£0.2m) and increased income from business rates (£1.4m). We propose to: 

  • Launch a city-wide behaviour change campaign to tackle littering and fly-tipping
  • Engage with residents and businesses to improve recycling by tackling contamination (the wrong thing being put in the wrong bin)
  • Respond to environmental issues in wards
  • Test models of support for families with complex needs
  • Help children with social care needs earlier
  • Test a new model for welfare rights advice
  • Improve access to the garden of the Welford Centre for people with autism
  • Promote Newcastle as a dementia-friendly city with an awareness campaign
  • Place defibrillators around the city
  • Explore setting up a council-led lettings and property management service
  • Explore new ways of encouraging people to register to vote

The papers from the Council meeting when the budget was agreed are here: 6 March 2019.

You can find the final, post-consultation proposals here: Post Budget Consultation Proposals

If you have questions about this, please contact us at: letstalk@newcastle.gov.uk. Thank you for giving us your views. 

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