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| Councils consider savings alternative to service cuts | Councils consider savings alternative to service cuts |
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| Leaders of three Welsh councils are holding crucial meetings as they look to cut costs rather than services. | |
| Gwynedd's cabinet will consider plans for another £14.7m savings in three years to help plug a £50m funding gap. | Gwynedd's cabinet will consider plans for another £14.7m savings in three years to help plug a £50m funding gap. |
| Flintshire council, looking to save £16.4m a year, is targeting management and internal costs in order to protect the "most critical" local services. | Flintshire council, looking to save £16.4m a year, is targeting management and internal costs in order to protect the "most critical" local services. |
| Denbighshire's cabinet is expected to launch consultations on closing three care homes and a day centre. | Denbighshire's cabinet is expected to launch consultations on closing three care homes and a day centre. |
| The measure is predicted to save £700,000 a year. | The measure is predicted to save £700,000 a year. |
| Officials have said residents would be found alternative places and redundancies would be the last resort. | Officials have said residents would be found alternative places and redundancies would be the last resort. |
| Public consulted | Public consulted |
| Earlier in December, Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews confirmed that the 22 Welsh councils would face cuts in their block grants of between 2.4% and 4.5% in 2015/16, totalling £146m. | Earlier in December, Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews confirmed that the 22 Welsh councils would face cuts in their block grants of between 2.4% and 4.5% in 2015/16, totalling £146m. |
| Several councils - including Flintshire - have begun consultations with residents as they decide which services will face the brunt of the savings needed. | Several councils - including Flintshire - have begun consultations with residents as they decide which services will face the brunt of the savings needed. |
| Peredur Jenkins, Gwynedd cabinet member for resources, said the council would prefer to look at ways of delivering services more cheaply than be forced to cut them. | Peredur Jenkins, Gwynedd cabinet member for resources, said the council would prefer to look at ways of delivering services more cheaply than be forced to cut them. |
| He said: "We acknowledge that efficiency savings mean changes to the way the public receive services, but it is important to remember that every pound of such savings means a pound less of cuts to essential public services." | He said: "We acknowledge that efficiency savings mean changes to the way the public receive services, but it is important to remember that every pound of such savings means a pound less of cuts to essential public services." |