Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 11 June 2025
11 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Aberdeenshire Council (Budget Settlement 2025-26)
Finance and Local Government
The 2025-26 budget provides local government in Scotland with record funding of more than £15.1 billion. As a result of the Scottish budget, Aberdeenshire Council received a record funding settlement worth £627.7 million to support day-to-day services. How that record funding is deployed to deliver local services, statutory duties and nationally agreed priorities is a matter for locally elected members.
I recognise that no part of the public sector is immune from difficult decisions as a result of the many years of austerity from successive United Kingdom Governments.
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