Midlothian Council approves 2022/23 budget

Midlothian Council approves 2022/23 budget

Midlothian Council has approved a balanced budget for 2022/23, with revenue spending on services next year set to be £251 million.

The biggest spend will be in education (£109.7m), and health and social care (£56.4m).

The council’s funding from the Scottish Government for 2022/23 is projected to be £184.107m, which represents a real terms reduction in core funding year-on-year. As a result, councillors have had to use “fiscal flexibility” to meet a projected gap in the budget of £9.727m.

Around £1.369m of this will be funded from a council tax rise of 2.38%, equivalent to a Band D increase of 65p per week from this April. The new Midlothian Council Tax for a Band D property will be £1,442.60 compared to the current level of £1,409.

Other measures approved by the council to meet the budget gap include using £2m from uncommitted, earmarked reserves, and deferring debt repayments, this year and next, to secure an additional £6.358m.

The council has also approved a one-off addition of £0.25m to the 2022/23 budget to supplement the Scottish Welfare Fund in Midlothian, which provides grants to people in crisis.

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