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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Stuart Sommerville

West Lothian residents urged to have a say on almost £50m cuts to services

West Lothian residents are being urged to help determine how the council cuts almost £50 million from its budget.

Among those services set to take the biggest hit in the council spending plans are education, changes to school transport & winter maintenance of roads; Increasing council tax, setting charges for household garden waste and reviewing planning fees to maximise developer contributions and commercial rents.

The cuts are to deal with a budget gap of £47.1 million between 2023 and 2028, caused by increasing costs and a rising population, combined with insufficient levels of government grant funding.

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