Highland Council Budget Leader Councillor Alister Mackinnon has warned that even tougher decision are to come to tackle the local authority’s overspend.
Councillor Mackinnon said the overspend showed the extent to which successive budget reductions and council tax freezes meant the authority had no wriggle room to manage significant pressures in demand-led services, such as supporting children with additional support needs.
Speaking at Highland Council’s Corporate Resources Committee recently, he said: ‘We have done everything we can to protect front line services and particularly services to children and young people.