00:00 I think the other important point to note is not to take a too short-term approach.
00:05 If I look at the report itself, the bit that I focus on the most and probably more gives
00:10 me the sleepless nights is actually Section 9, which is the medium-term financial outlook.
00:14 So I'm already looking ahead to kind of go in.
00:16 Well, it's a huge challenge to get through the current financial year and next financial
00:20 year, but it's '25, '26 onwards, which is the bit that started to concern me because
00:26 we've got to look at the medium term and we've got to look at how we become sustainable in
00:30 the medium term.
00:31 And that's not going to happen with sort of keep producing sort of 72 different budget
00:35 reductions every year.
00:38 That's not going to get us to the place we need to be.
00:39 So that's why the report in several places uses the term sort of fundamental re-evaluation
00:44 of what the Council's about and what we're here for.
00:47 We can't provide all services to all people.
00:50 We're here for the vulnerable in society.
00:53 And perhaps we need to go back to basics in terms of determining what we deliver as a
00:57 Council.
00:57 [END]
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