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Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) - Update on planning for 2026/27 and beyond

Committee report · Cabinet · Tue 16 Dec 2025 · East Sussex County Council

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The minutes record: Noted. “RESOLVED to: 1) note the updated policy context as set out in paragraph 2 of the report; 2) note the updated Medium Term Financial Plan as set out in paragraph 3 and Appendix 1 of the report; 3) note the further savings proposals set out in Appendix 2 of the report; 4) note the reserves summary set out in paragraph 3 of the report; 5) note ongoing engagement with MHCLG in relation to Exceptional Financial Support as set out in paragraph 4 of the report; and 6) agree to undertake further lobbying of Government for…” minutes ↗

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Officers recommend that Cabinet note the updated policy context, the updated Medium Term Financial Plan, further savings proposals, a reserves summary, and ongoing engagement with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Exceptional Financial Support. p4p5p6p7p8p9p24

Officers also recommend that Cabinet commit to further lobbying of Government for sustainable funding to meet the needs of East Sussex residents. p10

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  • p4RECOMMENDATIONS: Cabinet is recommended to:
  • p5i. note the updated policy context as set out in paragraph 2;
  • p6ii. note the updated Medium Term Financial Plan as set out in paragraph 3 and Appendix 1;
  • p7iii. note the further savings proposals set out in Appendix 2;
  • p8iv. note the reserves summary set out in paragraph 3;
  • p9v. note ongoing engagement with MHCLG in relation to Exceptional Financial Support as set out in paragraph 4; and
  • p10vi. agree to undertake further lobbying of Government for sustainable funding to meet the needs of the residents of East Sussex.
  • p242.5 Local government funding – A Finance Policy Statement published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on 20 November set out Government’s overall funding intentions for local government for the next three years through the first multi-year settlement in a decade. This included final planned reforms to the formulae used to allocate national funding to individual councils through its Fair Funding Review 2.0, following consultation with the sector earlier in the year. Detailed allocations for individual councils will not be published until the provisional Local Government Financial Settlement later in December, but modelling indicates that the reforms will see significant shifts in how resources are allocated to different areas based on updated assessments of need and local resources, impacting negatively on ESCC. The policy statement also confirmed the Government’s intentions in relation to funding simplification and consolidation of grants, business rates reform and the continuation of the 2025/26 Recovery Grant, from which ESCC received nothing. Analysis of the potential impact of the statement and funding review for ESCC’s financial position is set out in section 3.

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