South Lanarkshire Council’s books for 2021-22. A number of different savings proposals have been identified to try to plug that gap.Management and operational decisions which don’t require a change in council policy will help ease the extent of cuts elsewhere, saving £5.7 million with the equivalent of 55.5 full time job losses.As a result, the council are now seeking opinions from the people who use their services on the best way to find the remaining £11.8 million.Chief executive Cleland Sneddon has urged residents and community groups to have their say and help set the council’s budget for the next financial year.He said: “In December we started our public consultation with an initial exercise based around general principles – we asked.
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