Council tax in Falkirk is to rise by seven per cent in a bid to prevent the local authority reaching a "financial cliff edge" within three years.
Members of Falkirk Council met today (Wednesday) to agree their budget for 2023 to 2024, when they were warned by chief executive Kenneth Lawrie that the "fundamental mismatch" between spending and income will have to change quickly.
Over the next four years, the council needs to save £63 million in order to balance the books and councillors were told there was no alternative to cutting expenditure and raising income.
