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Council must cut £15m from costs

Shetland Islands Council must slash costs by £15.6m over the next five years, officers have warned.

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By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018

Shetland Islands Council must slash costs by £15.6m over the next five years, officers have warned.

A report to a full council meeting yesterday read: ‘Sustainability, in particular, is extremely challenging at this time with reducing Scottish Government funding being the trend since 2011/12.

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