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ONE COUNCILLOR summed up the budget situation as follows: ‘It’s a bit like going out shopping knowing you’ve got less to spend, but not knowing how much is in your purse.’
Argyll and Bute Council’s Policy and Resources Committee heard the authority’s head of strategic finance, Kirsty Flanagan, outline the latest budget predictions last Thursday – and the omens are not good for the next three years at least.