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MSP furious at local council’s plan to cut £56m

A Scots council has become the latest local authority to announce it is drawing up plans to save millions of pounds over the next three years, in a move described by Labour as obscene.

Dumfries and Galloway councillors will be asked to approve the cuts this week, starting with £21.8m for next year alone, with subsequent cuts raising the target to £36.6m in 2012-13 then £51.4m the following year.