Islands faces £11.4 million of council cuts and savings 21/4/14
The Comhairle faces an £11.4 million deficit over the next three years, under latest figures.
Early action to draw up a strategy of cuts and savings to tackle the financial crisis is being proposed.
Job cuts are not ruled out though the council will seek to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies, as far as possible .
A report to go before councillors this week recommends council chiefs devises a detailed programme to identify cuts and efficiency savings, devise a workforce strategy plus lay the ground work for a round of service cuts to cover up to March 2018.
The looming financial stringency follows two years of cuts to head off a £6 million deficit.
Western Isles Council is already targetting jobs and services to make £2.4 million
of savings this year -