A SCOTS council has vowed to make no compulsory redundancies despite unveiling a budget for the coming year containing £3.8 million of savings.
Scottish Borders Council says it is honouring an agreement made previously with staff. However, it is changing employee terms and conditions.
New staff will be placed on a different rate and there will no longer be incremental pay increases.
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