Fife Council could cut up to 2000 jobs as part of a swathe of measures to save £91m.

The local authority will consider cutting between 1000 and 2000 roles over the next three years as it tries to balance the books.

Speaking ahead of Thursday's budget meeting, council leader David Ross said the local authority was facing "the most difficult financial challenge in its history".

The council had planned to make savings of £21m in 2016-17 and a total of £75m over the next three years.

Following the Scottish Government's budget announcement in December, the council is now projecting it has to find an additional £17m of savings.

This means it will have to claw back £38m in the upcoming financial year and a total of £91m by 2019.

Fife Council has already made savings of £105m in the last three years and 2000 staff have been cut since 2010.

Councillors said a further 1000 to 2000 jobs may have to be scrapped, although exact numbers have not been discussed or confirmed.

Labour administration leader Mr Ross said at a briefing on Tuesday: "We are doing our best to protect vital local services.

"The timescale for identifying additional savings was very short, making a properly managed approach to finding these savings impossible and significantly increasing the risk that some of these savings cannot be achieved during the coming year."