Edinburgh Council’s Labour/Tory/Lib Dem coalition leader, Cammy Day, says:
“Councils have been cash-strapped for many years. We are cutting services to the bone if we make any more cuts here in Edinburgh.
“We are calling on the Scottish government, who we know have hundreds of millions of pounds in reserves, to dig deep.
“If ever there was a rainy day that rainy day is now.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-62531938
Hundreds of millions eh? See this:
I make that pushing £4 billion in reserves held by Scotland’s local authorities.
Talking-up Scotland 
The link provided in the articlec says
“Local authorities are able to earmark, or set aside, part of their General Fund reserves for future use for a specific purpose. At 31 March 2021, local authorities’ had earmarked 71.1 per cent, or £1,682 million, of their General Fund reserves.”
Could the LAs General Fund reserve define pay increases for public sector workers as a ‘specific purpose’?
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The BBC Scotland headline..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-62525975
“Water scarcity: Crop failure warning as ban comes into force in Fife”
The quote..
“The National Farmers Union (NFU) said it was devastating for agriculture.”
And then there’s the elephant in the room..
“It comes as Scotland faces a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday.”
😂
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Sorry, were the council’s not given 5% for pay increases.?
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Exactly!
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Sorry, maybe I missed something, but I get £4billion, not £4trillion.
£4billion or usable reserves is nothing to be sneered at, though.
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I’m not thick. Just aging and too quick and flying solo.
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RHE THREE STOGIE POLITICAL parties are now going to
RUIN EDINBURGH AS THEY DID TO GLASOW
FAILING TO SUPPORT WOMANS EQUAL PAY DEMANDS
OF. COURSE THEY WANT SCOTS TO THINK THEY STAND FOR THEM
WHEN THE LIARS JUST KEEP STEALING AND PUSHING MONIES BACK TO WESTMIBSTER
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I think I heard at ‘Scotland at 7’ that 15 councils in Scotland are refusing to set a budget for social care(?). Guess which councils, yep the ones the British Nationalist parties have taken from the SNP.
They care nothing for the people of Scotland, in fact are detrimental to the wellbeing, prospects and prosperity of Scotland.
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