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Local government union Unison responded angrily yesterday after Edinburgh City Council announced fresh plans for hundreds of job losses in a cost-cutting exercise.
Council chief executive Sue Bruce unveiled a “transformation” plan called Better Outcomes through Leaner Delivery which aims to save £138 million by 2017, by stripping out hundreds of jobs and cutting the city’s five departments to four.
But Edinburgh Unison president John Stevenson warned: “We are going to see front-line services disappearing.”
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
