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| Third of Scotland's councils set budgets | |
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| A third of Scotland's councils have been voting on their budget plans for the coming year. | |
| The country's 32 local authorities are facing millions of pounds worth of cuts to services with the prospect of shedding staff jobs. | The country's 32 local authorities are facing millions of pounds worth of cuts to services with the prospect of shedding staff jobs. |
| Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Fife, Falkirk and Moray have agreed budgets and the continued council tax freeze. | |
| Scotland's biggest councils, Glasgow and Edinburgh, okayed their spending plans last week. | |
| For its budget, Falkirk Council voted to focus its spending plans on housing, local infrastructure and investing in the economy. | For its budget, Falkirk Council voted to focus its spending plans on housing, local infrastructure and investing in the economy. |
| The authority backed a three-year £75.5m spending programme, with another £115m marked for housing. | The authority backed a three-year £75.5m spending programme, with another £115m marked for housing. |
| Proposals included a £10.2m Tax Incremental Finance initiative to spur economic growth in area. | Proposals included a £10.2m Tax Incremental Finance initiative to spur economic growth in area. |
| The council said it had managed to preserve frontline services despite financial pressures. | The council said it had managed to preserve frontline services despite financial pressures. |
| School estate | School estate |
| Moray Council voted to axe arts development funding and close some libraries - but the council leader warned that harder choices lay ahead as £30m in savings needed to be found in the years to come. | Moray Council voted to axe arts development funding and close some libraries - but the council leader warned that harder choices lay ahead as £30m in savings needed to be found in the years to come. |
| Councillor Allan Wright said that savings being implemented in the year ahead were "but a start" and that "more radical proposals" were being lined up by the administration. | Councillor Allan Wright said that savings being implemented in the year ahead were "but a start" and that "more radical proposals" were being lined up by the administration. |
| He focused on the education sector, saying that the area had "too many schools for the number of pupils". | He focused on the education sector, saying that the area had "too many schools for the number of pupils". |
| Councillor Wright added: "The review of the school estate is overdue and it will be started as soon as possible under the guidance of the area-based review which cross-party members have been working on. | Councillor Wright added: "The review of the school estate is overdue and it will be started as soon as possible under the guidance of the area-based review which cross-party members have been working on. |
| "The same area-based review will be used to consider the future of all our leisure facilities." | "The same area-based review will be used to consider the future of all our leisure facilities." |
| Some of the most radical proposals are being made by North Lanarkshire Council which is hoping to save up to £70m. | |
| Councillors will vote on whether to reduce free school bus services, axe lunchtime crossing patrols and change bin collections. | |
| Other local authorities due to set their budgets include Inverclyde, Angus, Dundee, and East Dunbartonshire. |