Save Our Local Area Services
This year, all service areas must be considered as Councils look to address pressures of £1bn – that’s the impact if Scottish Government does not change its current spending plans.
Councils spend around £1.4bn on neighbourhood services such as waste, planning and roads – that’s about 11% of all net revenue expenditure.
If these services take their ‘fair share’ of the financial pressures for 2023/24, they could have to find savings of about £154m.
£154m is the equivalent of:
- 33% of the roads and transport budget
- 70% of the building planning and development budget
- 21% of the environment services budget
Neighbourhood services also spend about £1.5bn in capital funding on maintenance and new infrastructure. Programmes funded are at risk due to significantly increased cost pressures, with no additional capital forthcoming.
Download our factsheet to find out more.
