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Extra £10 million government funding made available to North Lanarkshire Council

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NORTH Lanarkshire is set to receive around £10 million in additional funding to help with its coronavirus response.The sum is the area’s proportionate share of the £155m being made available to Scotland’s 32 councils under the Barnett formula for allocating finances, after the UK government announced £1.8 billion in funding for local authorities across the country.Council leader Jim Logue welcomed the funding, with its allocation between areas having been agreed at a meeting of local government organisation Cosla this week.But he says the authority will continue to face hugely increased costs as it deals with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.He told the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser: “The cost to the council increases daily in terms of

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