These materials are from the FAN Financial Planning event.
During this event, delegates were given an insight into the current issues and cost pressures that are causing concern for those involved in trying to set a balanced budget. It examined how strategic planning together with a strong medium-term financial plan (MTFP) can help to strengthen the budget-setting process as well as looking at the question of who is responsible for setting a balanced budget and what are the consequences for those authorities who are at risk of being unable to do so.