Island households will face a rise in council tax and cuts to services despite the SNP Group at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar proposing an alternative plan.
SNP Group Leader Gordon Murray said they were 'hugely disappointed' that other councillors had not supported the Group's amendment which proposed that the Comhairle use Reserve funds to fill the funding gap.
Following today's meeting Mr Murray said: “I am hugely disappointed that our amendment to give our communities respite by freezing the council tax and making absolutely no cuts to our services was defeated.
“We tried to give money to help dental services in Uist and Bethesda Hospice. There is an undoubtedly strong moral argument that if we have the money we should be putting it to services and not banking it, but all other councillors voted against.”
