Local authorities across Scotland are currently being forced to make difficult choices to keep services afloat.
This includes an eyewatering £49.7 million in East Lothian Council alone.
Scottish Labour has said these cuts have pushed councils to breaking point and left Scots paying the price for SNP failure.
Commenting, Martin Whitfield MSP said:
“Services in East Lothian are under immense pressure because of the austerity the SNP has inflicted on Councils.
“The SNP government has short-changed Councils year after year, raiding an eye-watering £49.7 million from East Lothian Council coffers in total.
“These brutal cuts have pushed Councils across Scotland to breaking point and forced them to make impossible choices to protect lifeline services.
“The Labour UK government decisively ended the era of Tory austerity, but Scots are still being forced to pay the price for SNP failure.
“A Scottish Labour government will put an end to SNP mismanagement and cuts and deliver fair funding for East Lothian so working people don’t have to plug the gaps of government cuts.”
Cllr Norman Hampshire, Labour leader of East Lothian Council, said:
“This analysis confirms what we have been saying for years – the SNP Government has cut council funding to the bone, putting vital local services at risk.
“In East Lothian we have always sought to protect services, support communities and help boost the economy, but the scale of the cuts has made this harder every year.
“We need a serious and sustained injection of fair funding from the Scottish Government to ensure that councils can keep delivering services and meeting the needs of local people and communities.”