Frontline Serv Ices Will Be Cut As Local Council Bids to Plug a Gbp75m Black Hole Schools, Elderly Care, Libraries and Cleaning to Be Hit Schools, Elderly Care, Libraries and Cleaning to Be Hit Exclusive

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THE first wave of several years of cuts will see one of Scotland's largest local authorities target frontline services - including schools, elderly care, leisure and library services - to plug the first GBP15 million of its GBP75m black hole.

North Lanarkshire is among the first councils in Scotland to reveal in detail the extent to which the squeeze on public finances will begin impacting on core services and the lives of its citizens in the coming months and years, including proposals to axe everything from teaching assistants and campus police officers to increased charges for home care and curtailing schools cleaning and roads maintenance.

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Frontline Serv Ices Will Be Cut As Local Council Bids to Plug a Gbp75m Black Hole Schools, Elderly Care, Libraries and Cleaning to Be Hit Schools, Elderly Care, Libraries and Cleaning to Be Hit Exclusive

In a note to staff yesterday, council chief executive Gavin Whitefield said every effort was being made to ensure the impact on jobs and working conditions is "kept to an absolute minimum". He added: "Where such an impact is unavoidable, we...

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