Have your say on Wiltshire Council's spending

Wiltshire Council is currently running a survey to gather feedback on how the local authority should prioritise its spending.

Participants can express their views until Friday, November 8, and Cllr Nick Botterill, cabinet member for finance, said this would inform how the council invests in key services and programmes.

The survey allows people to weigh in on the budget using a system of tokens.

READ MORE: All we know so far about next year's Wiltshire elections

The council wants views to inform the 2025/26 budget. (Image: Jessica Moriarty)Eight virtual tokens can be allocated to each of the council services to indicate how much investment participants think should be put into these areas.

For the 2024/25 financial year, Wiltshire Council’s budget is around £490 million.

More than half of this total is spent on adult and children’s social care services.

Local authorities are under pressure due to an increasing demand for services, particularly a high demand for adults' services, children's social care and SEND.

The most significant spending for Wiltshire Council’s current budget is on adult services (£179.4 million), families and children (£70.8 million), environment (£49.6 million), highways and transport (£43 million), and education and skills (£38.9 million).