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Nottingham City Council Council Plan 2015-2019 Welcome to the City Council’s Plan for 2015-2019 In this plan we set out Nottingham City Council’s purpose and priorities for 2015-2019 with the aim of making us a Great City with citizens at the heart of everything we do. Our plan is about the future of our city for all who live, work and visit here. Over the next four years, we are determined to create a city that is fair for everyone and where we all have an equal and positive chance to succeed. We will build on our achievements and continue to provide services that are based on and responsive to your needs. Our aim is for Nottingham to be an internationally successful and prosperous city that offers its residents the means and opportunities to realise their potential. Nottingham will be a thriving sustainable city both economically and socially. We will continue to work with our partners and communities to ensure vulnerable citizens are supported to live independently and are safe from harm. We will do this despite the significant financial challenges the Council continues to face. It is no secret that we face further cuts to our budget, but we have been successful at managing our finances in the past and we will continue to do so. The scale of our ambition is unchanged. We will have difficult decisions to make over the next four years but we will continue to have the best interests of Nottingham’s citizens at heart and continue to invest in Nottingham’s future. Jon Collins Ian Curryer Leader Chief Executive 2 The City Council’s Plan for 2015-19 is founded on five key objectives: Ensuring every child in Nottingham is taught in 1 a school judged good or outstanding by Ofsted Build 2,500 new homes that Nottingham people can 2 afford to rent or buy Cut the number of victims of crime by a fifth and 3 continue to reduce anti social behaviour Tackle fuel poverty by setting up a not-for-profit energy 4 company to sell energy at the lowest possible price to Nottingham people Guarantee a job, training 5 place or further education place for every 18 to 24 year old 3 The challenge ahead Over the past four years we have made savings To manage this we will have to make totalling £123 million. Since 2010 the City Council difficult decisions. As Nottingham’s will have faced a £150 million reduction in its overall citizens, we are here to serve you. budget. In 2015/16, we will face a £30m cut in the To help us make these decisions we grant we get from Government to run our services will listen to your views about what is with more significant cuts in funding expected over important and how we can continue to the next four years. make the savings required of us. By 2019 the number of pupils in our £30million schools is cut in expected to Government grant increase by The number 4,500 or... to the City Council of people in 2015/16 aged over 65 is projected to increase by 12% Over the last 4 years we have made savings totalling 3% The number by 2019 of children in care has £123m Currently, 24% of over 65s increased by have one or more long term conditions 8.7% since 2012 Over the last four years inflationary, demographic and other budget pressures have meant the Council has had to find an extra... £73million 4 A changing City Not only will we see dramatic changes to Nottingham’s skyline over the next four years but we will also continue to see changes to the city’s demographics. Growing How we provide our services will reflect these changes over time and how we use technology to deliver services will become increasingly important. Nottingham Working Diverse Year 2019 Nottingham Nottingham 320,000 Increasing numbers 63.2% of of citizens citizens are in from diverse employment backgrounds, culture and heritage Year 2017 Learning Young 317,000 Nottingham Nottingham The City’s two universities have over 60,000 students between 25% of the Year 2015 them. The University of city’s population Nottingham has the 2nd largest is under 20, 314,000 student body in England 2% above the national average 5 @corecities WHAT WILL DEVOLUTION IN NEWCASTLE DO FOR ME? WHAT IS DEVOLUTION? 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WHAT CAN DEVOLUTION Ag CHIEVE? locally without having to go back to Central Government for approval. o v e r GivingWHAT our IS cities DEVOLUTION? more freedom could help generate £222BN andn 1.2 million jobs One important benefit is that taking control of the powers from Government will WHAT IS DEVOLUTION?% m by 2030. That’s the equivalent5 of adding Denmark’s economy to the UK. e Decisions n help deliver our Council Plan key objectives. For example, greater local control of t made locally TRANSFERRING POWERS FROM housing and skills funding will enable Nottingham to deliver its commitments to WHITEHALL TOB WNHERE YOU M build 2,500 new houses that Nottingham people can afford to rent or buy and to Decisions guarantee a job, training place or further education place for every 18-24 year old. made in LIVE,2 GI2VIN2G YOU MORE1 SAY2Whitehall ON Conditions attached So what could this mean for Nottingham? 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TAXES gets the skills they need, Early delivery of the eastern leg of the HS2 line from Birmingham to ONLY AROUND 5 OF TAXES people get the jobs they RAISED ARE DIRECTLY trained for Leeds with the East Midlands hub at Toton RETAINEDBILL FROM BY WALKER YOUR CITY... Re-instatement of Midlands Mainline improvements Work programmes that are placed under local control do far better than those run remotely, particularly for people with complex needs. Cities know which people need most support, Regain control of the regulation of bus services and can“ Ihelp need join to up get training to work with local business needs, getting more people into jobs. WH A onT time C ” AN DEVOLUTION ABusC 're-regulation'HIEVE? Devo Solution Better control over Implement an integrated ‘oyster card’ style public transport ticketing system 6 timetables and routes Giving our cities more freedom could help generate £222BN and 1.2 million jobs by 2030. That’s the equivalent of adding Denmark’s economy to the UK. by 2030.JAMES That’s the FROM equivalent FENHAM of adding Denmark’s economy to the UK. Devolution would allow local councils greater control over bus and train services making sure that routes are run for people, not profit. They will have more freedom to invest in cycle “ I need a decent place Tax incentives to lanes and to walking, live ” easing traffic jams and making people healthier.encourage building Devo Solution Making sure cities haveM the right homes in the M 222BN 1right places.2 SUZY FROM BYKER Use the tax system to encourage building on empty sites and close to city centres.