Politicians of all parties in the city have recognised the scale of the financial crisis facing Glasgow.

In the Glasgow Times and on Twitter they have called for more money and more power over spending decisions.

The council will set its budget on Thursday and unless there is an emergency cash injection from the government, services will be cut and council tax will rise.

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Below is what some of the city’s councillors have said about the budget crisis.

Susan Aitken, SNP leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “Almost the entirety of the additional £550 million announced for local government in December has to be directed at national priorities.

“It did little or nothing for Glasgow’s budget gap, protecting the policies Ministers were elected on rather than the services local councils are expected to deliver.”

George Redmond, leader of Labour group, said: “It is evident that there is no additional funding coming. It is evident that there is no additional support. It is evident that the SNP are running local councils and local services into the ground.”

Jon Molyneux, of the Green Party, said: “Regrettably, we have an SNP-led government nationally that doesn’t trust councils and wants to call the shots.

“So whatever budget is ultimately voted through on Thursday, councillors must still come together to demand the powers that we need and the respect we deserve.”

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John Carson, of the Labour Party, said: “The funding system for local councils from the Scottish Government is fundamentally broken. It’s time to make a stand.”

Lana Reid-McConnell, of the Green Party, said: “As if we haven't had enough catastrophic and permanent damage-inducing cuts already. Workers and services are at the absolute end of the barrel. Local governments need more money and more autonomy in how to spend it. GCC is looking at cuts of £60m, it's unacceptable.”

John Daly, of the Conservative Party, said: “This eye-watering number of cuts will fall across most services and as education has the biggest expenditure; we can be sure the machete will fall hardest and deepest there.”