There are just days left to tell the Isle of Wight Council how you think the budget should be spent after April 2021 - and what you think of a planned hike in council tax.

County Hall says it expect to spend around £340 million in the next financial year.

The local authority says even with an increase in council tax, it needs to make £3.5m in savings in 2021/22.

Have your say? Scroll down for a link to a survey...

Schools, social care, refuse collection, street cleaning, planning, regeneration and road maintenance are all earmarked for cash. 

The council says it is planning increase council tax 'to the threshold allowed by Government' - which is likely to be two per cent.

A further three per cent could be added, to fund adult social care, if the government agrees. 

On top of that, the police and town and parish council precepts will be added.

County Hall says it needs to make savings over the next four years, to deliver a balanced budget.

At a meeting last week, it was revealed that government funding had helped offset nearly half the Council's £10 million Covid-19 funding gap.

Cllr Stuart Hutchinson, the cabinet member for strategic finance and the Covid recovery, said it was absolutely critical the budget be balanced by the end of the financial year, otherwise the overspend would just have to be found in future years.

In 2020/21, the council saved £86m through what it calls 'efficiency measures' and says it 'prioritised frontline services'.   

The Isle of Wight Council says it 'continues to make the case' for additional funding, to offset the extra costs of living on an Island.

The Island Deal was promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in March, in the weeks before the first lockdown, and had been expected to be announced by the government in the autumn.

The Isle of Wight Council has published a survey to inform its budget decision in February.

Complete it by Thursday January 21.