Notts County Council will have to meet increasing costs in adult care and children's services next year. It also plans to fund a council tax freeze.

Some of its most significant cost are outlined below

Council Tax Freeze - £9m cost

The Conservatives pledged to freeze council tax before the local elections in June.

The budget proposals calculate the move will cost the authority £9m next year.

The council's medium term financial plan had proposed a three percent increase in council tax next year.

A similar cost will result in the following two years.

Children's services - £6.8m cost

The pressure on the children's budget results from the cost of care for young people.

Like many authorities, Notts County Council cannot recruit enough foster carers and does not have adequate places for residential care.

As a result, the council turns to private agencies to plug the gap, which are more expensive than in house provision.

This budget has been overspent during the past five years and this year.

The Conservatives are proposing to increase the amount of money allocated to this budget by £3.1m next year.

In addition, more children are being referred to social services.

This is thought to be the result of high profile abuse cases (such as Baby P in Haringey) which has made social workers across the country more cautious.

A further £1.7m will be allocated next year.

Other costs include, the county council is allocating an extra £0.8m to the school transport budget - another which has overspent in the past.

Adult care - £15.5m cost

There are major increases in the costs of caring for older and disabled people.

Firstly, the number of people aged over 65 years is increasing rapidly.

As a result, the council will face additional costs for home, residential and nursing care.

In total, these services to the older population will cost an additional £7m next year alone with further increases predicted in subsequent years.

Secondly, there are more people with severe disabilities who have to be cared for.

As people live longer they are more likely to experience illness and disabilities that require a higher level of care.

In addition, a greater proportion of premature babies and children with chronic conditions survive into adulthood and go on to live long lives.

This includes people learning and physical disabilities, who in some cases require extensive and expensive care.

The county council is planning for an additional £6m in its budget to look after people with mental health problems and learning disabilities next year, and a further £2m for people with physical disabilities.

The plans for adult social care also include the provision of additional extra care places, where older people are offered a wide range of support.

They will be funded through savings made closing residential homes.

Other expenses - £8.2m cost

A major cost in next year's budget is to pay for the redundancy payments of staff who are set to lose their jobs.

The council has already announced that approximately 475 jobs will go.

The unions fear a significant proportion of these job losses will be compulsory redundancies.

The council has budgeted £3m next year and a further £3m the year after to pay off the staff.

The council is also planning to overhaul its 'back office' functions, such as finance and IT. This could include merging its services with those of other councils.

As a result, £2m is included ion next year's budget and a further £2m is in the following year, too.

Some £1.5m is required to improve council buildings to reduce the risk from fire, legionella, and asbestos.

Meanwhile, the more than £1m will be put into roads to pay for maintenance of an expanding network and provide additional funds to pay for drainage works to reduce flash floods.