The consultation asks your views on the overall budget setting for Somerset Council for the next financial year from April 2024 to March 2025. In November, Somerset Council declared a financial emergency with a projected budget gap of £100m. 

The Somerset executive say : Like households across the county, we face financial challenges on a scale we have never seen before, caused by factors outside our control. The cost of delivering services is rising in the same way that everyone's cost of living has risen. Like our residents, we want to live within our means, but our budget is near breaking point.

You have until January 22 to complete the survey which you will find here https://somersetcouncil.citizenspace.com/comms/budget-consultation-2024-2025/