Council Tax payments in Glasgow are set to rise by £0.8m, after the City Council was told it needed to find almost £30m of savings in 2015.

A forecast published today for the year 2015/2016 shows Glasgow will need to find savings to meet a spending gap of £28.9 million.

In addition the Council faces inflation totalling £8.6m and unavoidable costs of £7m. It also intends to make a contribution to reserves of £3m.

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Speaking as the forecast was published, the Leader of Glasgow City Council Councillor Gordon Matheson said: "Everyone understands that the Scottish Government has subjected the people of Glasgow to year after year of disproportionate cuts. Added to the unfunded council tax freeze which continues to put real pressure on services, it's only as a result of clear political leadership and sound financial planning that we've survived the last few years with no really substantial damage to services.

"Tough as they are, we will meet next year's challenges, however the Scottish Government has saved the really big cuts for the two or three years after 2015. It's not good enough for them to continue to pretend that everything's fine; we're going to need to hear some big ideas from them and we're going to need to hear them soon."

(IT)