Social Value Ideas for Slough Borough Council

LAHF round four match funding

Council approved match funding to secure government grant and buy 58 homes through the Local Authority Housing Fund round four. The scheme is intended to reduce reliance on expensive private temporary…

“Thank you, mister mayor. May I start begin with welcoming your mayor's chaplain, Noam Durrani, and also welcome the members of the public who are sitt…”

Temporary accommodation reduction programme

A major savings line is to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation from around 1,300 to under 900 by moving people into council, housing association or private accommodation and by …

“Speaker 13: Then you'll see a big chunk of savings around temporary accommodation and homelessness. And there the driver is very much about how do we …”

HRA stock condition survey contract

Cabinet approved award of a stock condition survey contract for 80% of the council’s housing stock, with a total value of £991,000 across one year. The survey will inform investment planning, complian…

“Speaker 5: This report seeks approval to award a contract of stock condition survey of the council's housing revenue account, housing stock. The surve…”

Budget response to feedback

The special cabinet meeting focused on revising the failed draft budget after feedback from full council. Cabinet said the amendments were costed and examined, and aimed to keep the 2026/27 budget bal…

“This special cabinet dated 03/04/2026. This is about the budget which we failed to get through last week. And we're going to be hearing some amendment…”

2024/25 accounts completion plan

Finance officers set out a recovery plan to complete the 2024/25 draft accounts, with weekly monitoring and a target to finish by December 2025 so they can be submitted for audit. The plan includes a …

“Speaker 13: Thank you. Okay. We'll do it this order right. So clearly, the ability to be closing one set of accounts at a time as opposed to where Slo…”

Severe Q1 Budget Overspend

The council is forecasting a very large Q1 overspend, with adult social care, children's services and temporary accommodation identified as the main pressure areas. Officers described a serious financ…

“This report sets out the council's financial position at the end of the first quarter of twenty five, '26 up to June 30. The headline figure is a proj…”

Three-year budget and savings plan

Cabinet endorsed the 2026/27 budget and medium-term financial strategy, built around 4.99% council tax increases, around £40m of savings over three years, and continued use of exceptional financial su…

“Speaker 1: Thank you, chair. I'm pleased to introduce the proposed 2627 budget, a medium term financial strategy through to 2829. But before I begin, …”

Retrospective purchase orders

The council identified a very high level of retrospective purchase orders, representing about 45% of spend in the period reviewed and nearly £79m of gross expenditure. Officers are rolling out weekly/…

“"we actually got these reports developed because they weren't system generated reports previously. Being able to run those reports has allowed us to l…”

Historic accounts correction

Cabinet accepted a restated provisional financial position for 2023/24 and agreed to draw down reserves to cover a £14.75m adverse adjustment arising from historic accounting issues. The item also con…

“Speaker 0: So there is a recommendation which is that we note and comment which we have on the current performance of the council and mitigating actio…”