That Cabinet:

a)     approves the 2024/25 draft revenue budget, which includes the key pressures and savings proposals for each Directorate, for consultation with Members, the council’s relevant scrutiny committees, business rate payers and the public; and

b)     acknowledges that until the Local Government Finance Settlement is published in late December 2023, the funding assumed in the draft 2024/25 budget is an estimate of expected funding.