Fife Council call centre performance ‘not satisfactory’ after staffing cuts
Fife Council has admitted too many people are not getting through to its contact centre because of budget cuts.
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Fife high school confirms reduction in school week amid budget cuts
A Fife high school has confirmed it is moving to a four-and-a-half-day week in the summer following consultation with parents.
Fife Council care homes saved amid £8.4m budget cuts
Proposals to cut council-run care home provision in Fife were rejected yesterday as more than £8 million was slashed from the region's health and social care budget.
Fundamental change needed as NHS Fife faces £17m funding gap
Fife's health service is preparing to make fundamental changes to the way it operates as it faces a £17.3 million funding black hole.
Kirkcaldy secondary school latest to propose cutting school week amid budget cuts
A Fife headteacher is consulting parents on plans to cut the length of the school week in an effort to meet swingeing budget cuts.
Car parking levy rejected as Fife Council seeks £5m of budget cuts
Fife Council has no plans to introduce a workplace car parking levy as it seeks to find almost £5 million of savings in the coming year.
Controversial decisions will have to be made as budget faces £18 million fall
Council job losses cannot be ruled out in Dundee, the SNP's administration leader has warned.
Parents join forces to oppose school budget cuts
The worried families of thousands of Fife children have joined forces to oppose significant cuts to school budgets.
Madras College to shorten school day to “embrace financial challenges”
Children's education will suffer as a result of cost-cutting move to shorten the day for pupils at a Fife secondary school, critics have warned.
Teaching union warns of ‘very real concerns’ over Fife’s budget proposals
A teaching union has fired a warning shot over the prospect of huge budget cuts to Fife secondary schools.