This consultation has now closed

Overview

We're working hard to balance our budget for the year ahead, to ensure we make best use of resources and can continue to invest in and deliver services that support our communities.

Our budget for 2025-2026 amounts to over £2 billion which will be spent on services for our 900,900 residents and more than 42,500 businesses.

Our focus is to deliver services that support our communities and vulnerable people, and we want to hear your views on how we do this.

We have key priorities which shape the way we deliver services.

They are:

• keeping people safe from vulnerable situations
• a sustainable and prosperous economy
• helping people and communities fulfil their potential
• making the best use of resources

These priorities are all underpinned with a cross-cutting theme of protecting the environment.

Have Your Say

We want to hear your views about our budget and priorities and how we spend taxpayers’ money in the coming year 2025-2026.

Getting the views of our residents is a vital part of the budget setting process, so please take part by filling in this budget survey.

Anyone without access to the internet can visit a library (opens in new window) or a family hub (opens in new window) to complete the consultation.

If you know anyone who would like to receive a printed copy of the survey and a freepost return envelope, please call our customer services team on 01243 777100.

An Easy Read survey is also available online, below under the ‘Survey’ area. You can also find printable copies of the survey in the ‘Documents’ section on the right-hand side of this page.

The consultation closes on Sunday 15 December and all comments will be considered as part of the budget setting process for 2025-2026.

Please note this survey is not suitable for young people under 13 years of age.

What happens next?

Our Cabinet is due to consider feedback from the public consultation at a meeting on 29 January 2025 before recommending the Council Plan and budget to Full Council on 14 February 2025 for a final decision.

If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us by phone 01243 777100 or via email at haveyoursay@westsussex.gov.uk and we will assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 01243 777100.

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