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Council's mitigation plan to address £22m budget overspend
Southport Visiter
|January 01, 2026
Children and social care demands fuelling extra costs
A WORSENING financial situation is developing at Sefton Council, which expects to overspend by more than £22m this financial year.
Sefton Council said it is facing a 'challenging financial environment, but maintains it has a plan to address it.
At a cabinet meeting at Bootle Town Hall, councillors discussed a financial management report which highlighted major pressures in demand-led services such as children's and adult social care.
Elected members were asked to recognise the financial risks associated with the delivery of the 2025/26 revenue budget.
The council report confirmed the current forecast for children's social care (CSC) shows a potential overspend of £16.461m and said its target of finding £6.2m in savings from the adult social care budget currently stands at £2.4m.
Further overspends were forecast for both staffing in CSC (£2.4m) and £2m over the communities budget, made up primarily on the costs of temporary accommodation for homeless people.
This story is from the January 01, 2026 edition of Southport Visiter.
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