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Community support is key

Tom Gordon’s insightful piece on where the cuts in public expenditure will fall highlights the scale of the challenge facing public service managers in Scotland (Breaking point, News, June 27).

But a ritualistic fight between the two big beasts -- the NHS and local government -- won’t solve any problems. Cutting health spending increases demand on social care and vice versa, so there can be no case for protecting one at the expense of the other.