The purpose of the report is to present the 2022/23 Cabinet Revenue Budget for approval. It also outlines the Council’s financial outlook and significant challenges across the medium term period 2022/23 to 2024/25 as our response and recovery from the pandemic continues. The report highlights the overarching priorities and desired outcomes upon which the Cabinet has based its budget proposals, and which form the basis of the updated Council Plan included elsewhere on this agenda.

The Council Meeting will set the Council Tax for 2022/23, and the precept levels as appropriate.

This report provides an overview of several recent requests from Councillors, motions to Council and a Scrutiny Review requesting a more joined up approach to managing the highway networks and transportation improvements within Stockport. Councillors have also requested more visibility of proposed schemes within their areas and a clearer overview of how individual schemes fit together.

The purpose of the report is to update the Council’s 2021/22 to 2024/25 Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) forecasts and assumptions as part of setting a robust and resilient budget and financial plan to meet the unprecedented uncertainty, volatility and risk within the financial landscape.

The purpose of the report is to update the Council’s 2022/22 to 2023/24 Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) forecasts and assumptions taking account of local and national announcements since the October MTFP Update.

This comprehensive report sets out the Council’s Treasury Strategies for 2022/23 which are constructed in full compliance with the CIPFA Treasury Management in Public Services Code of Practice and the Council's Treasury Management Policy Statement and Practices

This report provides Cabinet with a mid-year review of the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy Statement (TMSS) and Annual Investment Strategy (AIS) for 2021/22.

The Council Plan accompanies the budget and sets a high
-level framework for decision making throughout the financial year. It is a public-facing summary
document that sits above annual (detailed) Portfolio Agreements. The 2022/23 Plan will be based around the outcomes and priorities identified in our ONE Stockport Borough Plan, focusing on delivery plans for the next financial year.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Scrutiny Committee with the opportunity to comment on an illustrative Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget. The Cabinet will be meeting on 1 February to recommend to Council a HRA budget for 2022/23, including the level of rent and service charges. The illustrative budget is based on a number of key assumptions set out in the report regarding income from rent and service charges; expenditure commitments contained within the HRA 30 year Business Plan and Asset Management Strategy and indicative spending requirements to support inflationary pressures and identified investment priorities.

Part B – Cabinet Response: Our medium-term strategy: an update on our programme for 2022/2023