TRADE unionists and community activists have taken the fight against cuts to the doorstep of Scotland’s biggest council.

Workers rallied at Glasgow City Chambers today to demand an end to 16 years of austerity at the authority that has seen services slashed and cost thousands of jobs.

The rally came on the eve of a city budget meeting where councillors will be asked to endorse a plan to cut more than £82 million from essential services over the next three years, compounding more than half a billion torn from council coffers by Scottish government cuts over the last decade.