Cuts to pre-school autism checks and help for mental health patients seeking work are among the options Warwickshire County Council is considering to balance its books.

They are just some of the public health initiatives that could suffer as the authority seeks to either save or generate income to the tune of £95.4 million per year over the next five years in order to balance its books.

The annual review of what can be saved gets more challenging by the year as demand for and the costs associated with services the county must provide, including special educational needs (SEN), home-to-school transport and social care, continues to rise.

An appendix titled 'budget reductions' forms part of the papers that will be considered by the county's cabinet – the Reform UK panel of councillors in

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