Spending review to continue after £250k council underspend

Reform UK to press on with focus on ‘value for money’ services

- Kerry Ashdown

STAFFORDSHIRE County Council's finances remain in the black at the end of the first quarter of this financial year - but the new Reform UK administration is still reviewing spending.

This financial year started in April, when the previous Conservative administration was in charge.

The authority came under control of Reform UK in early May, following the party's landslide victory at the county council elections. It ended June with a £250,000 underspend.

Council leader Ian Cooper, below, said in a report to cabinet: “We are determined to deliver on our priorities, which include caring for the elderly, fixing our roads, looking after our children and delivering prosperity through responsibility.