Council 'Must Overhaul Public Services' to Tackle £46m Budget Gap

Accounts Commission: Change needed to secure East Lothian Council’s financial future

East Lothian Council must make significant progress in changing how it delivers public services as it addresses significant demographic challenges, with rapidly expanding younger and older populations.  In its latest report, the Accounts Commission recognises many of the council’s services have improved, or at least maintained levels of performance, in the face of financial pressures. But this has come at an unsustainable cost. The council can n…

Council 'must overhaul public services' to tackle £46m budget gap

East Lothian Council can no longer rely on using money saved in reserves to support the delivery of services, auditors warn.

'Some way to go' to tackle council's multimillion-pound budget gap

Around £15 million in required savings must still be found under the local authority’s ongoing ‘transformation’ programme, despite successive years of cost-cutting.