Cheshire East Budget

Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-29

Our budget has outlined a 4.99% council tax rise for 2025/26. Find out how every £1 of your council tax is spent on our council tax pages.

Cheshire East Council met on 26 February 2025 and agreed the Medium-Term Financial Strategy Report for 2025/26 to 2028/29.

The report provides detailed information on the issues facing the Council in the medium term and shows how these are being addressed to present a balanced financial position for the 2025/26 financial year.

The appendix to the report entitled the Medium-Term Financial Strategy 2025-29 (PDF, 2.3MB) features:

• Section 1 – Medium Term Financial Strategy
• Section 2 – 2025/26 Budget

Section 1 of the report sets out how the Council’s expenditure will be funded from Government grants, Business Rates and Council Tax. This includes details of the 4.99% increase in Council Tax for 2025/26 (including 2% ring-fenced specifically for Adult Social Care).

Section 2 sets out the budget changes for each of our Committees and more details of the actions each service area will be taking over the next four years to deliver these. 

The annexes to the report provide supporting information including line by line detail of the grants, budget policy changes and capital schemes that have been agreed as part of the Budget package. The latest Reserves Strategy, Investment Strategy and Treasury Management Strategy is also provided.