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Originally Posted by shillelagh
does that mean then the government will say £750,000 underspend .. mmm they dont need as much money in grants etc ..... and cut even more from hyndburns budget .....
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I know the government looks closely at all the councils' actual expenditure compared to estimate, and the external auditors have a statutory duty to report if they feel that the budget was deliberately misleading.
In Hyndburn's case, it seems the underspend has been achieved by careful monitoring of spending and taking every opportunity to make a saving if it became available. I think they'll be praised for that, rather than penalised.