Highland Council Budget Leader Welcomes Additional Funding
1st February 2018
The Highland Council Budget Leader, Cllr Alister Mackinnon has welcomed the announcement of additional funding in the Scottish Government's block grant which takes £7.516 million off the substantial budget gap.
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