Combined Authority Budget Consultation

Another budget consultation, this one for the Combined Authority.

We want to hear your opinions on our spending plans for the next four years. Public engagement runs from 18 November to 23 December, shaping a £309m capital and £320m revenue budget focused on transport, skills, business growth, and resilience. People can participate online, where they can find out more, or via email.

Online: https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/mtfp-budget-consultation

Email: consultations@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

Some of the Combined Authority programmes budgeted under each Corporate Strategy priority include:

• Improving Connectivity: Funding bus reform, extending the £1 Tiger Bus Pass into 2025/26, £42m for Peterborough Station upgrades, and £4m for an A10 footbridge.
• Achieving Growth: A ten-year Local Growth Plan, £9.5m for social enterprises, and £20m for a Strategic Innovation Fund. Business support through the Growth Hub and skills brokerage.
• Skills and Employment: Programs boosting social mobility, improved FE/HE access, and £52m for Adult Skills Funding.
• Resilient Communities: Climate Action Plan funding, £14.4m for low-carbon projects and electrification.
• Mayoral Precept: Proposed 4.99% rise for 2025/26, funding 30 new or improved bus services and safeguarding existing routes amid rising costs.

The draft budget also aligns with the recently approved Shared Ambition, working with partners across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for an equitable, pioneering, connected, and resilient region.