Scottish councils in budget stand off

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2017

Some councils north of the border are refusing to accept the Scottish Government’s draft finance settlement before the deadline.

Scottish finance and cabinet secretary, Derek Mackay, has warned a ‘less favourable settlement will be imposed’ on any councils that did not accept the deal.

The leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Cllr Jim Logue, said he would ‘neither accept nor reject’ the settlement ahead of the 20 January cut off for all local authorities to sign up to the deal.

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