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by Emma Morrice and Alastair Gossip March 11, 2021, 8:18 am © Kenny Elrick / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Ambitious proposals to “reinvent” Aberdeen’s beach and city centre have been backed by £150 million – as last night council bosses laughed off criticism of their financial planning. Councillors agreed their budget for the coming year, clashing on how to cut £30.4m from the budget for the day-to-day services, as well as on the grand “refresh” of their masterplan to...

by Emma Morrice and Alastair Gossip 10/03/2021, 6:14 pm Updated: 10/03/2021, 8:05 pm © Chris Sumner / DCT Media Council tax in Aberdeen will be frozen for the next year after councillors agreed the new budget. Aberdeen City Council met today to discuss how to make £30.4million savings, but ruled out increasing council tax – allowing the authority to take advantage of government funding. The administration’s budget – which includes a £150million investment package focusing on the city centre and beach – was passed by 22 votes to 19, with four absensions. The authority will al...

The budget was passed in favour of the administration. Music services protected – but Dyce library to be relocated and some vacant posts removed. Dyce Library is to be relocated under the budget. In its budget, the administration rejected changes to the music service, and has instructed the chief education officer to conduct a report on how it could use digitalisation to offer a more affordable service to families, extending its reach. It has also included a £100,000 spend on working with partners and community groups on eradicating food poverty across the city. A further £90,000 to devel...