Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance, Property and Transformation

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/031

Key decision

Contact: Verity Royle, Planning and Reporting Manager (Verity.Royle@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by the Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151 Officer) (CAB17)

To provide background and context to the budget and business planning process for 2027/28.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Note the report and the starting point for the 2027/28 budget;

b)    Approve a five-year period for the medium-term financial strategy to 2031/32 and ten-year period for the capital programme to 2036/37;

c)    Note the high-level timetable for the budget process.

d)    Note the requirement for the Council to set a sustainable balanced budget for 2027/28 which shows how income will equal spending plans.