The council’s latest budget report shows a projected net overspend of £10.27m for 2026/27, with financial pressures being experienced across the authority, particularly within children’s services. The figure is contained in the council’s first quarterly performance and budget report of the year, which will be considered by the authority’s executive when it meets on Tuesday next week. The report states: “The council is seeing pressures across the board, particularly in children’s services.” At the end of the first three months of the financial year, 654 children were in the council’s care, compared with 613 at the beginning of April. The council says the cost of some individual care packages is particularly high, with 21 children currently receiving packages costing more than £500,000 a year each.