South Lanarkshire Council calls for extra funding for next year's budget

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South Lanarkshire’s administration is claiming next year’s budget ‘will be hell’ if the government doesn’t reverse cuts.At the Executive Meeting on Wednesday, June 21, councillors heard of the anticipated £29.2 million gap in funding for the next financial year.The cost of pay settlements, inflation, utilities and real-term reductions in core council funding from the Scottish Government are all contributing to the council funding crisis.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Until local councils and local communities get a fair share of the Scottish Budget, services will be cut until some don’t exist anymore and the decline of Scotland’s local services will deepen.

The SNP have to reverse their council funding cuts.“We are doing everything we can to push back and make next year’s budget work but it’s impossible.