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Exclusive: Charities hit by job losses as cuts bite

Three leading charities have announced swingeing job losses, as the scale of the impact of central and local government cutbacks on Scotland’s voluntary sector begins to become clear.

Today the Scottish Refugee Council will confirm that 44 of its 59 workers have been told they are at risk of redundancy as it seeks to shed 28% of its staff as a result of cuts to contracts it has with the UK Border Agency.

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