Best Value report on Glasgow City Council, video transcript – Andrew Burns, Accounts Commission Deputy Chair
Glasgow City Council has a budget gap of at least £110 million over the next two years.
It’s also facing rising numbers of people who are homeless, unresolved equal pay claims, and that’s alongside increasing demand for services and persistent high levels of poverty right across the city.
 Each of these challenges are significant in and of themself. But the council now needs to tackle all of them at the same time. 
On top of that local communities need to understand what this means for the local services across the city that they depend on. 
Officers and councillors must show strong leadership now as they work together to find solutions and redesign services for the future.
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