The Brentwood Administration’s 2025 Budget continues to fix the foundations to deliver change by investing in people’s wellbeing and developing our town, while ensuring the taxes of working people are used responsibly.

Brentwood Labour have:

• Supported the most vulnerable in our communities.
• Made key steps towards our net zero target.
• Planned for the future of our town’s infrastructure.
• Worked closely with charities and other groups in the area.
• Protected access to public spaces and social housing.

Why this Budget is important

This Budget sets out how the Brentwood Administration will approach the economy over the next year. Brentwood Labour entered the Administration in May 2023 and found huge amounts of mismanagement in the town’s finances. The Brentwood Conservatives just made it up as they went along and had no plan for the future. This is why we are still fixing the foundations of our town instead of simply papering over the cracks more.

What the Brentwood Administration announced in the 2025 Budget

The Brentwood Administration’s 2025 Budget helps local residents and organisations. The Administration announced measures to continue fixing Brentwood’s foundations to deliver change, including:

• A new Brentwood Locality Grant Scheme for health and wellbeing.
• £80,000 to 11 community groups through the Brentwood Community Fund.
• An updated Council Tax Reduction Scheme that helps care leavers and veterans.
• Pathways out of homelessness for rough sleepers.
• A 20% net gain in biodiversity on new developments.
• A 90% reduction in the council’s vehicle emissions.
• A new Local Area Energy Plan.
• Plans for new recycling facilities.
• A Community Infrastructure Project Plan for improving shared spaces.
• Refurbished lifts in the multi-storey car park.
• More electric vehicle charging ports in public spaces.
• An Asset Management Strategy to reinvest the proceeds from Childerditch Industrial Park.
• The first £3 million secured for the Baytree Centre redevelopment project.
• Registering and protecting assets of community value.
• Crucial funding for Citizens Advice Brentwood, Brentwood Community Transport, and Brentwood Community and Voluntary Service.
• A Borough Community Assembly with parish councils, local associations, and businesses.
• Launching a Women’s Safety Charter in licensed venues.
• Protecting the Brentwood Centre and introducing new means-tested discounts.
• £8 million via the Decent Homes Programme for essential updates to social housing.
• A new ‘no wrong door’ approach to food banks and mental health services.