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Scottish Government gives West Lothian Council extra £21 million to cope with Covid-19

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Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.West Lothian Council has received an additional £21.18m from the Scottish Government to support local services during the coronavirus pandemic.Local authorities will also receive their fair share of a further £184.8 million which is currently undistributed but will be allocated following parliamentary approval.The extra funding has also been provided to help offset the drop in revenue that West Lothian Council has lost during the pandemic and brings the overall support package to councils over the COVID-19 pandemic to more than £1 billion.The new figures come after Scotland’s Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, announced that businesses, including.

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