North Lanarkshire Council’s leader has warned that its services face being “significantly reduced, cut or ceased altogether” as the authority faces a projected budget deficit of nearly £75 million over the next three years.
Jim Logue says councils across Scotland are set for “tough choices” which “come down to reducing [or] stopping services and ultimately reducing the number of jobs”.
He spoke out ahead of Thursday’s Holyrood budget and in support of a letter sent by the finance directors of all 32 councils across Scotland to the Scottish Government highlighting their concerns about local government funding.
