Consultation on Hampshire County Council’s Budget for 2027-2028

 Statement from Hampshire County Council

Have your say on Hampshire’s future

As we plan for the financial year ahead, we want to hear people’s views on ways to help balance the County Council’s budget.

Our public consultation sets out a range of options to help address the financial challenge, including further efficiencies, generating additional income, changes to service delivery, introducing or increasing charges, increasing council tax, using reserves and seeking additional support from Government.

While we will continue to do everything possible locally, the scale of the challenge means local action alone will not be enough. We continue to make the case to Government for fairer funding for local government and greater flexibility to respond to local needs.

The consultation is open until 11.59pm on Sunday 13 December 2026. Click here for the link