Facing an anticipated funding gap of around £2.5 million in 2019 alone, Argyll and Bute Council is about to ask the public what their priorities are for its work.
Argyll and Bute Council leader Aileen Morton said: ‘The majority – 80 per cent – of the council’s funding comes from the Scottish Government. We won’t know how much our funding settlement is until the end of the year, but have to set our budget in February 2019.
‘We expect to be given a funding allocation for one year only, and at the moment, mid-range estimates indicate that we will have a funding gap of around £2.5 million in 2019/20.