All 32 council leaders in Scotland write to Nicola Sturgeon over unacceptable £371m cut to funding dailyrecord.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyrecord.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SHETLAND Islands Council faces a “significant real terms cut” in revenue funding from the Scottish Government in the next financial year, according to leader Steven Coutts. The council’s funding from the government for public services is proposed to rise by 1.6 per cent -.
THE CONTROVERSIAL Cambo oil development to the west of Shetland has been put on hold. The move comes after Shell, which had a 30 per cent stake in the project, announced last week it had pulled out because the economic case was “not strong enough” at this point in time..
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SHETLAND needs further fossil fuel developments as well as renewable energy projects, on and offshore in the managed transition to net-zero. That is the view of Shetland Islands Council leader Steven Coutts, who also said the oil tap could and should not be turned off overnight.