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| Edinburgh City Council warns of job cuts unless tax freeze ends | |
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| Edinburgh City Council has warned it may have to make more job cuts unless it is allowed to increase the council tax. | Edinburgh City Council has warned it may have to make more job cuts unless it is allowed to increase the council tax. |
| The authority has already announced 2,000 posts - 12% of its workforce - will go in an attempt to save £126m by 2019. | The authority has already announced 2,000 posts - 12% of its workforce - will go in an attempt to save £126m by 2019. |
| The Labour/SNP coalition says those savings are based on the council tax freeze being lifted. | The Labour/SNP coalition says those savings are based on the council tax freeze being lifted. |
| If that happens, the authority plans a 3% rise for three years from 2017. | If that happens, the authority plans a 3% rise for three years from 2017. |
| The council has also warned it may have to make further job cuts, and will vote next week on whether to backtrack on a pledge to rule out compulsory redundancies. | The council has also warned it may have to make further job cuts, and will vote next week on whether to backtrack on a pledge to rule out compulsory redundancies. |
| The Scottish government said local authority had been treated fairly and protected from the worst of the UK cuts. It said the council had received an additional £7m. | The Scottish government said local authority had been treated fairly and protected from the worst of the UK cuts. It said the council had received an additional £7m. |