Following on from our recent 2021-22 Assurance and Risk Assessment (ARA) progress update letter we said that we would feed back on some further specific aspects of our assurance and risk assessment work that we have undertaken.

This letter provides a progress update on the Council’s financial position for 2021-22.

The Council is financially stable, helped recently by additional Welsh Government funding.

However, delivering sustainable planned future savings in an increasingly challenging financial climate is an ongoing significant financial risk.