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Cuts force Highland Council to 'completely redesign priorities'

Highland Council will begin a ‘complete redesign’ imminently after ‘significant’ cuts to staff numbers and service budgets.

By Thomas Bridge | 01 April 2016

Highland Council will begin a ‘complete redesign' imminently after ‘significant' cuts to staff numbers and service budgets.

It said the ‘urgent' financial outlook and an environment of ‘perma-austerity' meant council bosses needed to renew local priorities and explore how best to use the public when running services.

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