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EDINBURGH City Council warned yesterday it may need to make more job cuts than previously anticipated unless it can raise council tax rates.
The Labour and SNP coalition has already announced 2,000 posts to go, many of which are in front-line jobs protecting children and vulnerable adults, in order to save £126 million by 2019.
However the council had made this announcement based on the Scottish government-imposed council tax freeze being lifted in 2017.
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