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Anti-cuts campaigners win 'stay of execution' in Edinburgh
More than 100 campaigners rallied outside Edinburgh’s City Chambers today 

TRADE unionists and community activists in Edinburgh are celebrating after winning a reprieve from swingeing social care cuts.

More than 100 campaigners rallied outside Edinburgh’s City Chambers today as the city’s Integrated Joint Board (IJB), which oversees social and primary health care, considered proposals to axe third-sector grants to organisations such as lunch clubs and community projects to rein in £26 million of overspend.

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