East Ayrshire Council will put forward its budget plans under a cloud of “volatility and uncertainty” – with £6 million of savings needed to balance the books.
Budget setting prior to local elections tends to avoid major controversies, although the spectre of Covid and the impact of Brexit has made hard decisions the norm.
The local authority will set a budget of around £370m which is £16m higher than 2021/22, but largely because of additional one-off covid related funding.
