The Council, apparently in good financial health, is studying ways of using the savings resulting from the implementation of the salary cuts approved by the Zapatero government to fund social programmes and generally help the less well-off in the municipality rather that use it to pay off loans or debts.
PSOE critical of plans for state funds
The Opposition PSOE has criticised the PP Government for not allowing input from local groups regarding the use of funds under the Plan Estatal para el Empleo y la Sostenibilidad Local.
State funds to be used for social programmes
The Councillor for Social Services, Angélica Portillo, has announced that €460,000 from the Plan Estatal para el Empleo y la Sostenibilidad Local is being allocated to a series of social, and in some cases, educational projects and programmes.