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Job culls and service cuts: how council tax freeze is hitting home

Background: Populist move is forcing many authorities into drastic efforts to balance the books, write Stewart Paterson and Gerry Braiden .

STEWART PATERSON and GERRY BRAIDEN Like the old adage about a free lunch, council services, including education, social work and leisure, come at a price.