Labour and SNP make cuts to frontline services in 2020/21 Council Budget
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Labour and SNP make cuts to frontline services in 2020/21 Council Budget
The Council has set its budget for 2020/21 and once again is having to find millions of pounds of cuts and savings because the SNP Scottish Government is refusing to fund local councils properly. Liberal Democrats make serious proposals that would have avoided many of the cuts, but they were reje...
Fixing Edinburgh's roads and pavements
Residents regularly tell Liberal Democrats across the city that Edinburgh’s roads and pavements are their number one spending priority. That’s why our councillors included an additional £5m for roads and pavements in our 2020/21 Council budget proposals.
Major cuts to community policing
In their budget this year the SNP/Labour run city council cut all their funding for local community policing. The Liberal Democrat group proposed a budget that would have avoided the need for such a cut.
A positive 2020 budget for Edinburgh
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