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Budget 2024

Budget set to save council services

Argyll and Bute Council today set a budget to address a £10 million+ gap in the council’s revenue budget for running services, and a nearly £30 million gap in its capital budget for infrastructure such as roads reconstruction programmes, harbour investment, regeneration projects, bridge maintenance, maintaining social care, education and Live Argyll properties, and weather recovery work.

22 February 2024
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New initiative to tackle accommodation crisis

A new initiative between Argyll and Bute Council and key community partners will deliver vital accommodation for key workers on Coll, Tiree, Mull and in the Lorn area.

22 February 2024
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Budget

Council prepares to set its budget

“Councils can only spend what we can fund. We have to make choices that deliver the most benefit possible from the limited funding we have. Setting the council’s budget will be as simple and as complex as that.”

16 February 2024
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Mapping the future for mobile coverage

A new council partnership project with Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), to assess the quality of the digital signal across the region, will be launched as part of plans to improve mobile phone coverage across Argyll and Bute.

15 February 2024
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Festival

Funding boost for events and festivals

Fifteen arts, culture, and sports events will benefit from around £115,000 of support from the latest round of Argyll and Bute Council’s Strategic Events and Festivals Fund (SEF).

15 February 2024
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