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School music tuition faces cuts under £3.5m city council savings plan
Dundee's SNP administration has unveiled a £3.5 million package of savings to freeze the council tax for a sixth successive year. (...)
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Council leader warns Angus faces more tough budget decisions
A senior councillor has admitted next year's Angus Council budget will be more challenging than the last. (...)
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Perth and Kinross Council savings dominated by staff cost cuts
Perth and Kinross Council's spending this year has been helped by more than £5.5 million in savings on staff. (...)
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Audit Scotland report reveals millions wasted by 'inefficient' court system
Last-minute decisions to drop prosecutions are costing the court service £30 million a year, shock new figures have shown. (...)
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Fife Council leader admits plan to axe 80 management posts will put more pressure on staff left behind
Fife Council is to cut around 80 management posts in a move which will save £3.2 million a year. (...)
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NHS Tayside balances books with £1 billion expenditure
NHS Tayside spent almost £1 billion in the last financial year — almost £2.5 million a day. (...)
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Dundee University agrees voluntary redundancy deals with over 130 staff
More than 130 employees have chosen to leave Dundee University through its voluntary severance scheme. (...)
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Criticism of council's £220,000 payment for workplace cuts advice
Fife Council's decision to pay KPMG £220,000 to do a workforce review has been criticised by an opposition councillor. (...)
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Changes to Fife Council budget process planned
Fife Council is planning a shake-up of its budget setting process in response to spending cuts. (...)
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Tayside Police chief insists force can make savings without harming frontline duties
Budget and staff cuts should not hinder Tayside Police's ability to carry out frontline duties, the force's leading officer has reassured. (...)
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Parents could take over running of threatened after-school clubs
Loss-making children's clubs across Perth and Kinross which are set to close due to budget cuts could stay open if parents are prepared to take over the running. (...)
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Plan to move Law Nursery into Rosebank Primary would bring big savings
Cash-strapped Dundee City Council hopes to save almost £50,000 a year by moving a nursery into an under-used primary school. (...)
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Dundee College confirms music courses are among those facing the axe
Dundee College has confirmed that its NC and HNC music courses are under threat as part of its budget drive. (...)
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Why spending a penny was costing city council £8
Dundee City Council has been paying over £8 for each person to visit Broughty Ferry's award-winning public toilets. (...)
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Tayside Police seek to make £1.2 million in salary savings
Tayside Police are to make savings of £1.2 million in salaries through a voluntary redundancy and early retirement scheme as part of the force's plans to save £4.3 million next year. (...)
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Teachers' union warns 'soft targets' will suffer most in face of cuts
Some councils are cutting education services "without regard to the consequences," a teaching union has warned. (...)
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Cuts are 'recipe for disaster' for Scottish colleges
Big budget cuts could be a "recipe for disaster" for further education and the Scottish economy, a college chief has warned. (...)
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Hundreds of Dundee teachers could ask to quit early
Almost 300 Dundee teachers will be eligible to apply for early retirement next year, under a proposal from the city council's SNP administration. (...)
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NHS Tayside counting the cost of Arctic weather
Health chiefs in Tayside are still totting up the financial cost of snowfall and bad weather on their business. (...)
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Angus Council to grapple with Holyrood funding proposals
The stark choice of toeing the Scottish Government line or losing millions of pounds which could only be made up with a massive council tax rise will be laid before Angus councillors. (...)
