2 h. ago Councillor calls for local government reform follwoing budget setting process

The discussions came as part of the council's final budget setting process for the 2025-26 financial year

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2 h. ago Councillor calls for local government reform following budget setting process

The discussions came as part of the council's final budget setting process for the 2025-26 financial year

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9 h. ago First Minister John Swinney praises Perth and Kinross Council's budget

Councillors this week approved a 9.5 per cent rise in council tax

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9 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council budget "addresses immediate needs"

Councillors agreed a council tax increase of 9.5 per cent on top of the Scottish Water charges increase of 9.9 per cent from April 2025

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30 h. ago Scottish troops could be in Ukraine 'by the end of the year' to assist peace deal

First Minister John Swinney raised the prospect of Scottish troops being part of a peacekeeping force.

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35 h. ago The major changes coming to Stockport's bins including £59 for garden waste

The council approved its budget during a three-hour meeting at the town hall

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36 h. ago Tax war brews over Britain’s charming little getaways by the sea

Second home owners are poised to fight back as Cornwall prepares to impose double council tax – leaving councillors fearing for their budgetCornwall councillor Steve Arthur is convinced that this year’s council budget will have a large hole in it because of tax-avoiding second home owners.Arthur, a local businessman who runs a holiday cottage firm in Perranporth on the north Cornish coast, expects many of the county’s second home owners to nominate their children as council tax payers. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney welcomes first grandchild

Mr Swinney’s daughter Judith and her husband Paul have had a baby son.

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3 d. ago Manchester council tax to rise as opposition say £18m budget savings 'dodgier than Elon Musk's DOGE'

But ruling Labour councillors said the budget will ‘help fill people with civic pride’

Economics

3 d. ago Rutherglen bandstand to be restored for town's 900th anniversary

Funding of £400,000 for the repair work and anniversary celebrations was agreed in South Lanarkshire Council's budget

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4 d. ago Councillors clash over 8.9% council tax rise at key budget meeting

'None of us want to see cuts, none of us want to raise council tax, but we have to, we have no choice,' says cabinet member

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4 d. ago South Ayrshire Council accused of 'sticking two fingers up to public' as Prestwick Steeple spend approved

The controversial project saw a war of words break out during the council's budget setting meeting.

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4 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway council tax to rise by nine per cent following budget meeting

The SNP's budget was voted through at today's full council meeting after receiving the backing of Labour councillors.

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4 d. ago Council budget plans to go before councillors as well as opposition's alternative proposal

Plaid Cymru have submitted an amendment which would include a lower council tax rise and more reserves being used to plug the budget gap

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4 d. ago Stirling councillors agree 8.8 per cent council tax hike as budget discussions get underway

Stirling Council today approved a council tax rise of almost nine per cent as councillors agree the budget for the coming year.

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4 d. ago Council tax bills will increase by 4.5% after council approves annual budget

It was approved after a lengthy and heated debate between members

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4 d. ago John Swinney accused of 'letting down a generation' as 9,000 leave school without qualifications

John Swinney was grilled on education standards at First Minister’s Questions

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4 d. ago How much council tax will go up in Rochdale for each household

The budget has been officially approved by the council

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4 d. ago ‘Dangerous’ moment for Hillingdon as council faces brink of bankruptcy

Hillingdon Council ‘must deliver’ £34 million in savings outlined in its budget this year or face the possibility of declaring bankruptcy due to reserves reaching a critical position.

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5 d. ago West Lothian opposition councillors blast ruling Labour group after debate on closures blocked

West Lothian’s SNP leader Councillor Janet Campbell hit out after Provost Cathy Muldoon ruled SNP budget proposals for funds to ‘save’ this week could not be debated.

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