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Monday 14 October 2024
As in previous years, we need to identify significant cuts, currently almost £20m. We need to achieve this by reducing our spending and/or increasing our income, to ensure we’re able to set a balanced budget in February 2025.
Thursday 25 July 2024
The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has agreed to make ‘reluctant changes’ to learner transport services in the face of rising costs, falling budgets and an urgent need to save money.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Senior politicians at Bridgend County Borough Council have warned that ‘necessary, vital and unavoidable’ changes will need to be made to the ways in which services are provided before the local authority marks its 30th anniversary in 2026.
Wednesday 10 July 2024
A popular local bus service is to reinstate its evening journeys next month following a successful bid by Bridgend County Borough Council for Welsh Government funding.
Wednesday 28 February 2024
Bridgend County Borough Council has agreed a new budget for 2024-25 amid what Leader Huw David has described as being ‘some of the biggest challenges that local government has ever faced’.
Tuesday 20 February 2024
The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council met earlier today (Tuesday 20 February) and endorsed the authority’s budget proposals for 2024-25 as part of its ongoing Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).
Monday 19 February 2024
The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council will meet on Tuesday 20 February to discuss the final budget proposals planned for 2024-25.
Thursday 18 January 2024
Bridgend County Borough Council’s Cabinet met this week to discuss the authority’s proposed Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2024-25 to 2027-28.
Friday 22 December 2023
News that Bridgend County Borough Council is set to receive a 2024-25 budget settlement increase of 3 per cent has led the authority to warn that it is now impossible to avoid major changes for some council services.
Tuesday 19 September 2023
Bridgend County Borough Council has confirmed that the authority intends to ‘reluctantly withdraw’ its financial support for the Hybont green fuel project in the face of a predicted multi-million pound deficit for 2024-25 and significant new budget pressures.