The Highland News reports: "THE public is set to be asked again by Highland Council what services it should cut in a bid to make future savings of almost £30 million.
The local authority is poised to carry out another major consultation seeking the views of residents on a range of possible cash-saving measures as it sets out to save £29.7 million from next year up until 2015."
The local authority is poised to carry out another major consultation seeking the views of residents on a range of possible cash-saving measures as it sets out to save £29.7 million from next year up until 2015."
What could we possibly cut in Nairn? Street cleaning? Housing? Refuse collecting? Grass cutting? Social work? Education? Roads maintenance? There's more pain for citizens to share yet and once again the ball is being placed out our feet in the form of consultation.
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They are cutting services left right and center yet they propose to build more houses which means more streets to clean, more bins to empty, even longer waiting times for dentists, doctors, appointments. We need to extend our schools (again) to cope with the increase in pupils etc etc etc. And what about the traffic? And they are cutting services? When will it end. Our infrastructure just cannot cope as it is. What will it be like in 10 years time - empty our own bins up at the recycling center???? Not amused.
Annoyed
Stop throwing money away on Gaelic signs and education.
Is trom an t-ualach an t-aineolas :-(
"THE public is set to be asked again by Highland Council what services it should cut in a bid to make future savings of almost £30 million"
Let's rephrase the question: as we're paying the same for less, perhaps we should be telling the council how much we expect to reduce our council tax bills by.
@ Brian Turner
We're not paying the same for less, the Council tax freeze came into force 2007 - 2008 and since then we have seen inflation run at an average of 3% per year, so we're paying less for less each year of the council tax freeze. In other words the council tax freeze is a cut and each year you're paying less
The council in it's wisdom is asking for help in making cuts. This is an incredibly emotive subject as I'm sure no one wants to see any services cut
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