Furthermore, they will “implement increases in
selected fees and charges relating to leisure and
sport, licensing, registrars and bulky waste”
Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and the Local Government Finance Act 1992, a local authority must set its Council Tax before mid-March in the preceding financial year.
Dumfries and Galloway Council met as a Full Council on Thursday 27 February to agree its budget and set the Council Tax level for financial year 2025/26. Councillors voted to increase Council Tax in an effort to protect frontline services and deliver planned projects. Earlier we reported that the council faced an estimated three-year funding gap of £34.32 million.
The Council says this is due to the impact of non-pay increases such as inflation, the estimated cost of implementing nationally negotiated pay increases, and cost-pressures on services – such as rises in demand for children’s residential placements within the council’s social work department.
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