COMMUNITIES in north-west Glasgow face the impact of £57.5million in cuts in the next year, city leaders have warned.

There are further shortfalls of £60m and £50m in the following two years in Glasgow City Council as opposition parties and union leaders call on the SNP in the city to stand up to their party in Holyrood.

Labour, the Tories and the Greens will be asked to produce budget proposals before the SNP brings forward final plans early next year for the council to approve, reports our sister paper, the Evening Times.

Unions say “enough is enough” and have called on Finance Secretary Derek Mackay to stop cuts to councils.

GMB, which represents many Glasgow City Council workers, said 10 years of council cuts cannot be allowed to continue.

Brian Smith, Unison Glasgow branch secretary, added: This is an accumulation. It is cuts on top of cuts. and services are on their knees already.

“We say don’t make the cuts. Stand up to the government and use whatever financial powers are available to prevent cuts.”

Councillor Allan Gow, city treasurer, said he will be look to maximise other income streams from the Scottish Government and other sources, but said it doesn’t necessarily mean jobs cuts.

Cllr Gow added: “It all hangs on what Westminster does, and then what is available from the Scottish Government.“Is local government’s share going to be maintained? I hope it increases.”“I don’t care how Derek Mackay gives me the money, I’ll take it and I’ll spend it.”

The council will have a budget of around £1.8bn and Cllr Gow said he wants that to be the priority.

However, he said it is possible that the council will not be able to deliver all services it currently provides.

The council is conducting a review of its ALEOs which could be one way on making savings, but wider restructuring could take years to produce savings.