Cllr Rebecca Cooper THE gap in Worthing Borough Council’s 2021/22 budget has shrunk from the £1.9m predicted in July to £1.33m. While the next few years will see that gap widen to more than £5m by 2025/26, a report to a meeting of the full council on Tuesday (December 15) said the authority was still ‘well positioned’ to set a balanced budget next year. The gap will be plugged largely thanks to a list of 45 small cuts, savings and improved income which add up to £1.29m. They include having to pay less for commercial waste tipping fees as businesses are recycling more, an increase in green bin sales, staff losses in the planning, benefits and environmental services departments and plans to raise more money from car parks once the pandemic is over.