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COUNCILS suffering massive cuts have been forced to spend more than £22 million in taxpayers’ cash on academy conversions in the last two years alone, research revealed yesterday.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said local taxpayers have subsidised schools that have become academies to the tune of £22.4m since 2011.
Town hall leaders pointed out that they’re being forced to pay to implement the Tory policy when their budgets have been cut by 40 per cent.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people