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We are no longer calling for an end to cuts – we are calling for investment
We need action, not words when it comes to ending austerity, says TAM KIRBY

WE are almost at the time where the budgets for next year will be decided, first Westminster, then Holyrood and on to local government. 

Tory-run councils south of the border, having privatised most services and now nearing bankruptcy, are declaring that they will only be able to fund the bare essentials in local services. 

Here in Scotland we have been faced with the same situation of councils administering ever decreasing budgets and cutting services and jobs year on year. 

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