GMB Scotland and Unite are organising a lobby of the Scottish Parliament to coincide with the stage one debate on Scottish Government budget which takes place at Holyrood at 2.40 pm today (Wednesday 3 February).
The lobby, from 1pm, aims to secure fair funding for Scottish councils facing massive cuts to services and jobs. So far over 8300 job losses have been identified at Scottish councils, including 2000 in Edinburgh.
Alex McLuckie, Regional Officer GMB Scotland, said: “Finance Minister John Swinney is wrong to dismiss or make light of the impact of cuts to budgets for Scottish councils.
“He could not be more wrong to say ‘some of the language used to describe this has been unnecessary.’ The cuts in Glasgow, Edinburgh and North Lanarkshire, for example, are draconian. More revenue needs to be raised to blunt the impact of these cuts.
“Shop stewards from councils facing massive cut will be at the Parliament from 1 pm today to persuade MSPs from all parties that we need a fairer settlement for Scottish local services.”
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