Caerphilly county borough council, like many other local authorities across Wales, is facing a huge financial challenge over the next few years and difficult decisions will need to be made in order to balance the budget.

The council must deliver savings in the region of £45million over the next two financial years and this is on top of the £20million of permanent savings that have already been identified.

We can’t continue to run our services in the way we always have. We need to explore all options and consider ways of doing things differently.

I want to be honest with the community, because it is clear that the scale of savings means we need to make some very difficult decisions over the coming months.

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