Lochhead hails extra coronavirus cash for Moray Council
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MORAY Council has received an additional £9.712 million from the SNP Government to support local services in the region and tackle the impact of the Covid pandemic.
Local authorities will also receive their fair share of a further £184.8 million which is currently undistributed but will be allocated following parliamentary approval.
The extra funding has also been provided to help offset the drop in revenue that Moray Council has lost during the pandemic and brings the overall support package to councils over the Covid-19 pandemic to more than £1 billion.
The new figures come after Scotland’s Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, announced that businesses, including taxi drivers, travel agents and those working in the hospitality sector, across Scotland will benefit from a new £185 million package of targeted coronavirus support.
One of those welcoming the news was SNP MSP for Moray Richard Lochhead.
He said: "The pandemic has put enormous pressure on households, communities and local services right across Scotland, and it’s right that the SNP Government has ensured Moray Council has more funding to deal with this.
“This funding boost is supporting access to food, welfare payments and frontline services, and is just one way the SNP is providing to individuals and businesses to protect jobs and incomes.
“There’s even more cash to come – and if we all stick together, and continue following the rules in the coming months, we will beat this pandemic.”
The Scottish Government have committed an additional £791.9 million in Covid related funding to support local authority services, including the estimated consequentials of £90 million for a lost income scheme.
