Residents in Aberdeen will receive £50 per head less in Scottish Government funding next year, new figures have revealed.

The grant given by Holyrood to Aberdeen City Council under the proposed new budget will be £317 million – a cut of £13m.

Figures by the think tank the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICE) have revealed Aberdeen residents will see less being spent per person next year compared to 2016.

Last year Aberdeen received £1,429 per head of population, but this year each resident will receive £1,379 per head.

Aberdeen City Council finance chief Willie Young said: “Economically and strategically, Aberdeen is one of Scotland’s most important cities yet the SNP Government continues to hack away at our funding grant to the point where it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep providing frontline services.

“All local authorities have been savaged by Derek Mackay’s budget, but none more than Aberdeen, the lowest funded council, and the SPICE figures expose the extent of just how little the Scottish Government cares about the hard-working people of the North-east.

“We pay thousands of pounds more in income tax than the national average but that money is retained in the Central Belt and we don’t see the benefits for the huge amounts of cash we generate here in Aberdeen.”

A Scottish Government spokesman said the draft budget delivers a “strong settlement” for local government.

He added: “Aberdeen City Council will receive a fair settlement of £343m to deliver for the people of the North-east of Scotland and now has the power to raise more money through council tax if it feels the city needs extra investment.

“The Scottish Government is delivering a huge amount for Aberdeen and the North-east.

“We are delivering our share of the Aberdeen City Deal, plus an additional £254m investment announced alongside it.

“This investment, including the £200m investment in rail enhancements, will be built into future capital budgets.”

The amount of money local government will receive from Holyrood will drop from just under £10.1 billion to slightly less than £9.8bn.