BBC Scotland News understands that ministers have written to councils telling them to divert the money.

Money set aside for restoring nature is to be diverted into funding wage settlements in Scotland’s local authorities.

BBC Scotland News understands that ministers have written to councils telling them to divert the current year’s allocations from the Nature Restoration Fund to settle pay deals.

The fund is worth £29.2m although the cash is split between councils and the Scottish government’s nature agency Nature Scot.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    UK is absolutely fucked in every possible way. You guys are never recovering from what you’ve lost over the last 15 years.

    Not that our side of the pond is that much better…