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Service provision is healthy but not sustainable, warns report

Scottish councils will find it difficult to provide services at their current level, new data published by the Improvement Service has predicted.

Scottish councils will find it difficult to provide services at their current level, new data published by the Improvement Service has predicted.

The sixth annual Local Government Benchmarking Report showed that between 2010/11 and 2016/17 councils have increased spending on adult social care by 6%, child protection by 19% and waste disposal by 4%.

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