Our Budget 2020/21

On Monday 2 March councillors approved our ambitious 2020/21 budget. 

Our budget sets out how we will invest £148million in the services that matter most in support of our Ambitious for Sutton priorities, including:

This year we are also investing £82million in new affordable housing, highways, shopping spaces, the London Cancer Hub and new and expanded schools.

Almost two-thirds of our budget is spent caring for older people, looking after children, supporting people with learning difficulties and helping disabled people live independently.

These are some of the most important services we provide, but also the most expensive. On average it costs...

The challenge 

Your council tax

Your council tax protects the most vulnerable, while helping us deliver our ambitious projects to bring new jobs, homes and improvements to Sutton. 

So that we can continue to do this, we have taken the difficult decision to increase council tax by 1.99% this year. This will help us cover our costs (due to rising prices) and contribute towards the increasing costs of caring for those who need us.

We are also using the Government’s adult social care tax, also known as the adult social care precept, to introduce a further 2% increase. 

There is a national crisis in funding for adult social care. The Government has decided that, in order to manage the increasing costs and demands on adult social care, local authorities have to cover the funding gap themselves by taxing residents. 

This is not a decision we made lightly. Without proper funding from central Government it is the only way we can raise the money we need to look after people in Sutton when they need us.

The table below shows the total amount payable by each household (receiving no discount), in each band, for a full year in 2020/21.

Find out more about your council tax, ways to pay and what to do if you are worried about not being able to pay.

Note: We only set our share of the council tax. Part of the money is collected by the Council on behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and is used to pay for the services provided by that authority. The amount of money you pay towards the GLA is shown below and separately on your bill.