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# Cabinet at Lichfield District Council urged to show caution on spending plans until funding settlement is confirmed
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/cabinet-at-lichfield-district-council-urged-to-show-caution-on-spending-plans-until-funding-settlement-is-confirmed/
- Published: 2021-12-09T09:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-09T08:15:47.000Z
- Description: The cabinet at Lichfield District Council has been asked to show caution on spending plans until details of a funding settlement have been confirmed.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

The cabinet at Lichfield District Council has been asked to show caution on spending plans until details of a funding settlement have been confirmed.

It comes after a meeting of the local authority’s leadership group revealed that general reserves were currently standing at £6.9million.

But Cllr Rob Strachan, cabinet member for finance, said that the spending tap should not be turned on until details of what money will come from Government had emerged.

![Cllr Rob Strachan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rob-strachan.jpg)

Cllr Rob Strachan

> “We remain in a healthy position when compared with other local authorities, notwithstanding the ongoing funding gap forecast.  
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> “We do hope that future certainty on our settlement will continue to make that shrink.  
>  
> “I recognise there is an imperative to consider spending those reserves rather than simply hoarding them, but I would urge caution from cabinet members on that until we’ve seen the settlement that is expected later this month.”  
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> Cllr Rob Strachan, Lichfield District Council

Cllr Strachan also told the meeting that the impact of the evolving picture around Covid-19 variants meant the future impact of coronavirus on council finances was “virtually impossible” to model.

> “Many of the support schemes were tapered and a number came to an end in late summer.  
>  
> “With the new variant, nobody knows what is going to happen. I’m sure there’s been no modelling because there can’t be.”  
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> Cllr Rob Strachan, Lichfield District Council