That the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2017/18-2021/22 be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL for ADOPTION, subject to the following amendments which would add flexibility to the Strategy:

·           Paragraph 1.1 – amend sentence to read ‘…the level of savings and increased income that are likely to be needed. to keep Council Tax affordable….’

·           Paragraph 10.3 – amend sentence to read ‘…given the size of the deficit faced by the Council it is recommended that this strategy is continued for 2017/18 recognising the likely need for further increases in future years’.

·           Table 8 – amend heading to read ‘Impact of proposedcharges per Council tax band’.

·           Paragraph 10.5 – delete last sentence ‘Projections of future increases to council tax will ensure the council remains within the bottom quartile for council tax charges and meet its priority to maintain a low council tax’.