What's going to plug Glasgow City Council's £50m deficit? Full details of the new budget:
tax rise, cuts to some museum and library opening hours, an increase in nursery fees, and a hike in parking and bus lane fines are being used to plug a budget shortfall in Glasgow.
The spending gap of £49,300,000 will be met by the council tax hike and cuts, savings, and fees totalling £31.2m and another £6m from council General Fund balances. The treasurer said that all council charges will increase including parking and charging for temporary street cafes. He said: “This is not the budget any of us would wish to deliver. But it is one which has gone a considerable distance to protect and maintain those services upon which our communities depend.
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