Brighton & Hove's budget challenge
We face a £30 million budget shortfall next year and must make extremely difficult decisions on where to cut the services we provide.
To show residents the significant challenge and impact of making decisions on reducing funding for services, we've launched an online ‘budget simulator’ and we're hosting 2 budget engagement events.
Balancing the budget
We’re inviting residents to help us balance next year’s budget using our new budget simulator.
In the simulator you can explore how we spend on services and make crucial but difficult decisions on which services you’d take money from, which services you’d protect or which you’d stop funding all together.
This will help us understand what’s important to you when making our budget proposals later this year.
To have a go at balancing our budget in the budget simulator, press the button below.
Phases
Could you balance our budget?
Come along to one of our budget engagement evenings
As well as the online budget simulator, we’re hosting 2 budget engagement evenings.
The first event takes place on Thursday 12 December at Hove Town Hall. The first 60 people who are registered our the Your Voice platform can sign up and attend. Please note spaces are limited.
The second event is on Thursday 16 January 2025 at Jubilee Library and is for anyone who needs a quieter, supported environment to use the simulator and discuss our budget. You must be registered on the platform. Spaces are limited to 20 due to space.
Upcoming and ongoing events
Past events
Event date: January 16th, 2025 from 16:30 to 18:30.
Jubilee Library
7 registrants
Event date: December 12th, 2024 from 18:00 to 20:00.
Hove Town Hall
19 registrants