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by Ian Yuill on 6 March, 2018
Aberdeen’s Liberal Democrat councillors today proposed investing in education, repairing crumbling roads and pavement and enhancing Aberdeen’s environment at Aberdeen City Council’s budget meeting.
The Liberal Democrats also squarely put the blame for the cuts on the SNP Scottish Government which has once again made Aberdeen City Council the worst funded council in Scotland.
Ian Yuill, Leader of the city council Liberal Democrats, said “These are cuts made because of decisions made by the Scottish Government.”
Key points of the Liberal Democrats’ budget proposals included:
Ian Yuill said “Despite the savage cuts forced on the council by the SNP Scottish Government the Liberal Democrat have managed to focus resources on our priorities of education, Aberdeen’s roads and pavements, our our local environment.”
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Hello Ian, I agree with more support for the arts. Aberdeen is almost dead in this respect. With the Art Gallery and Music Hall closed its really pathetic. I don’t know what I would do without the Belmont cinema and the lunchtime concerts at the Citadel. There are other small havens of excellence – the Sound festival for eg which is not really getting the funding it deserves. As for the roads — and I speak for my bit of Garthdee — Inchbrae Drive its now more like a dirt track. Take your eyes off the holes for a minute and you are in trouble. The Councils need more money and the 3 per cent your party proposes is along the right lines.