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Stirling Council setting out budget

Stirling Council are to set out their spending plans today.

It comes just weeks after a report says they're at "financial risk".

The local authority is needing to plug a £16 million gap when they set out their budget.

Stirling Council needs to save £33 million by 2027.

Proposed measures include reducing funding for the Big Noise Raploch scheme, and reducing the number of nursery teachers.

Council tax will likely remain frozen though, after the Scottish Government gave money to local authorities.

Stirling Council Leader Cllr Chris Kane said: “The budget-setting process has been hugely challenging for everyone involved, with mounting financial pressures forcing every council service to propose savings proposals to help achieve a balanced budget.

“No one wants to be in a position to be proposing cuts like these; but this is our financial reality, with rising costs and demand for delivering services. While it doesn’t make it any less painful, we are certainly not alone with councils across Scotland having to make very difficult choices."

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