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Highland Council to make £42.8m of savings | Highland Council to make £42.8m of savings |
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A package of savings totalling £42.8m over four years has been agreed by Highland Council. | A package of savings totalling £42.8m over four years has been agreed by Highland Council. |
The cuts include a reduction, but modernisation, of the local authority's gritter fleet and the loss of 45 secondary school teaching posts. | |
Cutting 15 other secondary teaching jobs and reducing the time P4-7 pupils spend in class have been delayed. | Cutting 15 other secondary teaching jobs and reducing the time P4-7 pupils spend in class have been delayed. |
The public sector union Unison has said the savings will lead to the loss of 700 jobs across council departments. | The public sector union Unison has said the savings will lead to the loss of 700 jobs across council departments. |
Councillors voted on the package at a meeting of the full council in Inverness on Thursday. | Councillors voted on the package at a meeting of the full council in Inverness on Thursday. |
It involves £17.4m savings in 2015/16, £10.2m in 2016/17, £6.3m in 2017/18 and £8.9m in 2018/19. | It involves £17.4m savings in 2015/16, £10.2m in 2016/17, £6.3m in 2017/18 and £8.9m in 2018/19. |
The council said 312 full-time posts will be lost over the four years. It will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies. | The council said 312 full-time posts will be lost over the four years. It will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies. |
The council had been trying to find savings of £64m over four years, but adjusted that figure to about £55m ahead of Thursday's meeting. | The council had been trying to find savings of £64m over four years, but adjusted that figure to about £55m ahead of Thursday's meeting. |
Following the meeting, it said that it still had to identify £14m of savings. | Following the meeting, it said that it still had to identify £14m of savings. |
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