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		<title>£11 Million hole in council budget anticipated</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/01/11-million-hole-in-council-budget-anticipated/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy and Co-ordination Committee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of the local authority’s Policy and Co-ordination Committee heard on Thursday (7th) that in spite of a downward revision by £3 million of the estimated Covid-19 economic impact, to £73 million, Fife Council is facing an £11 million budget shortfall. The move to Level 4 restrictions and then lockdown will increase pressure on finances &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/01/11-million-hole-in-council-budget-anticipated/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "£11 Million hole in council budget anticipated"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Further cuts to education and children&#8217;s services in Fife Council&#8217;s 2020/21 budget</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/further-cuts-to-education-and-childrens-services-in-fife-councils-2020-21-budget/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cuts of over £3.5 million across education and children’s services were approved by Fife Council at its meeting on March 27th, with a review of early years officer and attendance officer posts among the proposals agreed. £1.4 million will be recouped through a review of devolved school management, which will include a review of the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/further-cuts-to-education-and-childrens-services-in-fife-councils-2020-21-budget/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Further cuts to education and children&#8217;s services in Fife Council&#8217;s 2020/21 budget"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/families-first-st-andrews-faces-continuing-funding-uncertainty/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 13:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[QV has previously reported on the precarious funding situation for the St Andrews  branch of Families First which was provided with reduced funding for a six month period by Fife Council in March. The charity has now been given a further six month funding extension from Fife Council to run its befriending service, which helps &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/families-first-st-andrews-faces-continuing-funding-uncertainty/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council Leaders ask for help in solving Fife’s health and social care crisis</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/council-leaders-ask-for-help-in-solving-fifes-health-and-social-care-crisis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2019 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Miklinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Alrexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Health and Social Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Secretary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council co-leaders David Ross and David Alexander have requested a meeting with the Health Secretary, Jean Freeman, to devise a long-term plan for the under-pressure health and social care service, which has been forced to make millions of pounds of cuts despite rising demand. As reported by QV, two day centres are to close &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/council-leaders-ask-for-help-in-solving-fifes-health-and-social-care-crisis/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council Leaders ask for help in solving Fife’s health and social care crisis"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Budget cuts lead to huge backlog in Fife food hygiene inspections</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/budget-cuts-lead-to-huge-backlog-in-fife-food-hygiene-inspections/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Ross Vetriano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Tim Brett]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concerns have been raised over food safety in Fife after more than half of the inspections of the kingdom’s 4000 food premises were found to be overdue last year. An audit carried out by Food Standards Scotland confirmed there were 2,283 establishments in Fife awaiting food hygiene inspections in August 2018, while a further 272 &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/budget-cuts-lead-to-huge-backlog-in-fife-food-hygiene-inspections/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Budget cuts lead to huge backlog in Fife food hygiene inspections"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fife&#8217;s Health and Social Care budget cut by £8.4M</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/fifes-health-and-social-care-budget-cut-by-8-4m/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The region’s Integrated Joint Board (IJB) meeting on Thursday was asked to approve a £8.8 million in savings to address an estimated £15.4 million budget gap for the coming year. A range of cuts were proposed, including saving a saving of £250,000 by limiting care packages for individuals with complex needs with additional savings from &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/fifes-health-and-social-care-budget-cut-by-8-4m/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife&#8217;s Health and Social Care budget cut by £8.4M"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fife education budget to take a £1.49m hit in 2019/20</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/fife-2019-education-budget-takes-a-1-49m-hit/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Addressing a projected £9.1m shortfall in the coming financial year, Fife Council has voted to increase Council Tax by 3% and make £4.8m in savings, just under £1.5m of which will come from the education budget The proposed reduction in the education budget follows a £1.3m cut in 2018/19 which resulted in  Madras College losing &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/fife-2019-education-budget-takes-a-1-49m-hit/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife education budget to take a £1.49m hit in 2019/20"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Waid Academy the latest to reduce the length of its school week</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/01/waid-academy-the-latest-to-reduce-the-length-of-its-school-week/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Waid Academy, which is facing a £52,000 budget cut, is considering a proposal to cut the length of its school week to meet the anticipated deficit. This comes only two months after Madras College, which is facing a budget cut of £266,000 this year and more next year, announced plans to take five minutes from &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/01/waid-academy-the-latest-to-reduce-the-length-of-its-school-week/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Waid Academy the latest to reduce the length of its school week"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Threat to music tuition in Fife Schools</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/01/threat-to-music-tuition-in-fife-schools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget cuts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have voiced concern at proposals from Fife Council&#8217;s Education Service to axe instrumental teaching at all primary schools and S1 to S3 in secondary schools as part of budget cuts. Speaking for Fife EIS, David Farmer said &#8220;The proposal would lead to the complete removal of tuition &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/01/threat-to-music-tuition-in-fife-schools/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Threat to music tuition in Fife Schools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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