... Edinburgh benefits from the new "no council should receive less than 85 per cent of the average" commitment, to the tune of some £21million next financial year (2012/13).
By a quirk of local government accounting that equates to almost exactly the sum that's been lost in the last 3-years (circa £7million/year) due to the centralist imposition of the Council Tax freeze; which should more correctly be known as the Service Improvement freeze.
Aberdeen benefits in a similar fashion, with all other Councils seeing a real-terms reduction.
Not to be too churlish - this does make year 1 (2012/13) look somewhat less daunting for Edinburgh, but years 2 and 3 (2013/14 and 2014/15) remain a depressing financial sight.
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