That (A) the Executive agreed, as guidance to officers, that the budget proposals should be based on the base case presented in paragraph 1.4; with a Council Tax increase of 2.98%, contract inflation of 2.5%, no inflation in any other goods and services budgets and that the provision for the national pay award will be 3%; and
(B) the revised savings requirements of £2m in 2025/26, rising to £2.5m in 2027/28, be noted.