Welcome to Herefordshire Council’s online Budget Simulator

The consultation is now closed.

How will you balance the budget?

Our services are under significant financial pressure and the Council faces a funding gap next year which means we need to make challenging decisions.  How would you close the funding gap?

• On the left-hand side of the screen, you will see a list of service areas and sources of income.  Simply select each one to see the services that make up each area of the Council.
• Click on the ‘i’ beside each service or income stream for an explanation of what the service covers or the nature of the income.
• You can choose to increase or decrease spending for each service by moving the slider to the left or right.
• You can also choose to increase income from Council Tax and/or car parking to help balance the budget.
• There is a balancing tolerance built into the budget simulator, this means that you can submit your budget even if it is over/underspent by 1%. This is to support better response rates to this consultation.

Your target is to reduce spending and/or increase income by £12 million to balance the budget for 2025/26.

The consequences presented in this priority simulator tool are indicative only.  Further work would be required to develop and assess the changes in services that would be required as a consequence of any budget changes.

Once you have made your choices you can submit and add any comments. All information gathered will be used to inform our budget plans for 2025/26 and help us to understand the priorities of residents.

If you are viewing this on a smart phone, it is easier to view in landscape.

Accessible version of budget simulator can be viewed here.