Well, a week before council set their budgets for the coming year the Scottish Government comes up with extra cash for local authorities. That’s good news because it should mean that some of the cutbacks we were reluctantly having to consider won’t happen now. But it’s all very 11th hour stuff.

Under the new settlement Aberdeenshire Council is poised to receive an extra £7.747 million. Even with that, we still face difficult times so it is not sunshine and roses, by any means.

The Press and Journal has more: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/holyrood/1404871/budget-deal-s

UPDATE: The agenda and reports for Thursday’s council meeting are now available at http://committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/committees.aspx?commid=1&meetid=18734