North Lanarkshire Council spending £700,000 on replacement vehicles for staff
The local authority has made a deal with Renault for a total of 48 four-wheel drive cars.
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The council have struck a £700,000 deal with Renault
North Lanarkshire Council is investing almost £700,000 on replacement vehicles for staff and users of its motor pool.
Half will replace vehicles used by housing and social work staff while the others will replace part of its pool car fleet.
A council spokesperson said: "The contract is for 48 cars in total; 24 will replace existing 4x4 vehicles in the fleet used by housing and social work services.
"The other 24 are to replace part of the council's ageing pool car fleet.
"Introducing 4x4s into the pool car fleet gives additional capacity to cope with winter weather, and will help ensure services continue to be delivered even in severe conditions."
Earlier this month, we revealed that the council's policy of no compulsory redundancies could be under threat.
Authority leader Jim Logue's warning comes on the back of an indication that cuts may also be made to vital services that have previously been protected.
These include some positions in education and social work being totally withdrawn.
North Lanarkshire Council is facing an estimated £100 million budget cut over the next three years.
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