Council Budget Setting 2014

The Scottish Parliament has now approved the Local Government Finance Order that sets out the allocations to each council. The order can be viewed here but the earlier circular is here as it has more detail for local use.

Councils are now setting their budgets for next year in the light of this settlement.

We have produced three new communication materials (in pdf format) to help branches with local campaigns. There are also more infographics here...

• St Valentines Day Massacre. A general leaflet highlighting our key messages and actions.
  
  
• An infographic on the Council Tax freeze, highlighting the regressive nature of this measure.
  
  

• Public Sector Job Losses Infographic

  An infographic on public sector job losses. This highlights how councils continue to take the brunt of the cuts and the job losses, well in excess of their share of the public service workforce.

These will also are available for download on this and the Public Works web page and are particularly useful in social media.

We plan to make more use of infographics in both the Public Works and Worth It campaigns and would welcome ideas from branches on subjects they would like us to cover.

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