NEW: Edinburgh council budget: Parties unveil cuts and spending ahead of meeting #LDReporter
edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…
edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…
Council tax rises proposed:
🔴Labour 5.75%
🟡🟢SNP/Green 5.99%
🟠Lib Dems 5%
🔵Conservatives 4%.
🔴Labour 5.75%
🟡🟢SNP/Green 5.99%
🟠Lib Dems 5%
🔵Conservatives 4%.
Increased spending on roads, street cleansing and waste collections make Labour likely to get the votes needed from LibDem/Tories - but both groups have lodged amendments pushing for changes to the administration budget.
Labour proposes cancelling some school budget cuts (transition teachers & speech therapy) but not all, with around £6m cut remaining.
Lib Dem source: "The administration will have to change their budget tomorrow if they want Liberal Democrat votes.
Lib Dem source: "The administration will have to change their budget tomorrow if they want Liberal Democrat votes.
"The Lib Dems have been clear from the start that we would not vote for a budget that had cuts to school budgets and the Lib Dem group will not vote for a Labour budget that includes cuts to allocated school budgets."
The Tories want to see a further £200k a year to restore bus services for underserved areas; £90k for enhanced waste operations in city centre and £250k to tackle graffiti.
They will also push for investment in reforming the delivery of services and 'spend to save' measures.
They will also push for investment in reforming the delivery of services and 'spend to save' measures.
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