GLASGOW City Council is to pull £3 million worth of funding for 100 local police officers.

The cash, given to the national force as a contribution towards community policing, is being slashed as the cash-strapped local authority struggles to balance the books with a £130 million finding gap.

The council has reduced the grants available in a funding pot for local projects called the Integrated Grant Fund (IGF).

As part of this, a £1.6 m award for Police Scotland in 2016/17 and further £1.6 m in 2017/18 have been cut completely.

This is the single biggest funding reduction.

The council say this money was earmarked to provide "100 police officers" but added that the cuts were discussed with the force in advance and the council will "continue to work with Police Scotland on community policing".

A report, which will be tabled at a meeting of the council's executive committee on Thursday, shows that the total IGF budget is to be slashed from £41.4 million to £35.2 million - a reduction of £6.1 million in 2016/2017.

Almost half of the cuts will come from grants made to the local authority’s arms length organisations and services – including Jobs and Business Glasgow as well as cuts in cash given to council departments.

The money the council gives to fund projects within the NHS will be reduced by £48,099, city colleges will lose out to the tune of £61,900 and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will see a grant reduction of £16,770.

But the council say that the reductions have been overhauled to protect small community groups.

It is understood those tasked with a review of the IGF feel they were left with no option, given the local authority's dire financial situation, but to cut the money it hands to large groups which already receive government cash.

A report on the fund reads: "IGF grantholders have been kept regularly informed of he council's financial situation and indicative timetable."

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "The vast majority of third sector organisations, generally - and small community based groups in particular - are unaffected.

"In most cases, the grant award will remain the same as approved in December 2014.

"A new Fairer Glasgow Fund is also planned to improve the accessibility of services and support community organisations.

"The proposals are due to go before the council’s Executive Committee and Glasgow Community Planning Partnership’s Strategic Board on April 14."