Glasgow and Edinburgh councils vote through £100m cuts
The sun rises over a cold Glasgow skyline featuring the Morrison Street Co-operative Building, in January 2018
SCOTLAND’S two largest councils voted through more than £100 million of combined cuts despite warnings of hundreds of job losses and the decimation of public services.
Councillors in Glasgow and Edinburgh met today to set budgets for the two cities, with a strong presence from trade unions in both chambers.
Both authorities were forced to make tens of millions of pounds of savings, with diminished settlements for local government in Scotland for the coming year and further cuts expected over the following two.
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