Izzy Lepone 06 August 2025

Reform-led council calls for over £100m in savings

Reform-led council calls for over £100m in savings image
County Hall, where Lancashire County Council's offices are based. © Lancashire County Council.

Lancashire County Council needs to save over £100m to ensure financial stability, officers have cautioned.

In a report last month, council officers told cabinet members that the local authority needs to save almost £103m across the next two years, as well as recommending budget cuts from each department.

The savings programme has been deemed ‘challenging’, with the council failing to achieve its 2024/25 targets due to savings deficits in areas such as adult services.

To reach its 2025/26 and 2026/27 target, the council is expected to make the most significant savings in its adult services department, followed by growth, environment and transport and health, then education and children’s services.

The Reform-led local authority has not yet received a visit from the party’s DOGE-style unit.

To learn more about Reform UK, check out: Reform UK: What Britain’s fastest rising party stands for and Reform UK’s ‘Doge’ witch-hunts will achieve little.

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