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This year inflation, energy costs and pay increases, on top of the £30m a year to pay for the equal pay settlement have led to the biggest budget deficit the council has ever faced.
Social work could see £30m cut with centres in Glasgow for adults with a learning disability closed and a children’s home shut.And council tax is expected to increase to bring in some extra income but the level that can be palatable by taxpayers is nowhere near enough to plug the gap. "It is simply not possible and if left unchallenged the council is leaving the door wide open for the privatisation of services in the years to come. There needs to be political honesty about this.
“More cuts will only cement this city’s decline so the solution is obvious: Scotland’s biggest city needs emergency investment from the government to start a recovery of our broken services and communities. So, campaign for recovery or business as usual? This Thursday, councillors of all political colours must pick a side.”
“The council demand just now is that the government lifts the ring-fencing of funds but all that means is the council makes cuts in another area. It doesn’t take us forward any.”He added: “Access to homeless support is terrible and addiction support has been battered.Despite local politicians and unions stating there have been devastating cuts, the Scottish Government insists it is giving more money to councils.
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