South Lanarkshire Council left counting the cost of coronavirus
link!More than £7m of mobilisation funding is still outstanding but the Scottish Government have reassured councils that “all reasonable costs will be reimbursed”.Councillor Catherine McClymont (Clydesdale North) was concerned the Scottish Government had not fully reimbursed the council and asked: “How long has this been outstanding?”Director of health and social care Val de Souza said they were expecting the funds “in the next two to three weeks”.Education saw the largest overspend at £4 million which was mostly down to the increased costs of making schools safe during the pandemic.Finance manager Louise Harvey said: “We are reporting an overspend of £4 million against the phased budget.“This overspend in the main is COVID-related and