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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Jenny Foulds

West Dunbartonshire Council facing estimated budget gap of £5m despite extra cash

The council is still facing a budget gap of around £5million – despite extra cash being pledged by the Scottish Government.

Finance secretary Kate Forbes last week announced an extra £120m will be dished out to local authorities as part of this year’s budget settlement.

But both SNP and Labour councillors warn this will only shave around £2m off the original estimated budget gap of £7m, which will have to be closed in March.

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