LGO culture and leisure spotlight animation
Councils are spending less money on culture and leisure services.
[Notes of money appear with pound sign above. Then an icon with a building and an icon with a trainer appear. Follow by an icon with books.]
And relying more on charging people to use these services. [Text appears on screen: £118 million raised in 2023/24.]
They plan to make almost £10 million of savings across these services this year. [Text appears on screen: £9.9 million of savings approved for 2025/26.]
With ongoing discussions to close some facilities. [Circles appear on screen, some with the ‘x’ on them.]
[Then the Accounts Commission logo is show with ‘audit.scot’ below. The words ‘Read our report’ are also shown].
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