Protest as Edinburgh City Council meets to set a budget for 2024/5
9am Thursday 22nd February at the City Chambers 253 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ
The council meets to decide its budget on 22nd February. In the run up to it there is very little information and no debate about what areas are likely to have cuts in funding.
The budget cuts follow more than a decade of year-on-year reductions in spending on public services in the city.
The City of Edinburgh Council financial gap for 2024 – 2025 is £ 21 million.
For future years the estimated cumulative Council funding gaps, 2025/26 to 2028/29 are (£million) 37.5; 63.4; 93.8; 143.0.
It’s time to end the cycle of cuts and restore levels of funding for local services. This protest is not a last gasp attempt to stop the cuts but part of an ongoing fight to insist that the local authority and the Scottish government take local services seriously. Bring banners and placards. Organise delegations from you union branches and community groups – it’s time to say enough is enough.
The consequences of the budget are far from transparent – and in this Evening News article Ross McKenzie highlights the lack of democracy and accountability and the huge cap in the provision for health and social care.
There’s a Facebook event here that you can share https://www.facebook.com/events/398100716053535
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