A proposed new National Care Service has been described as "centralisation gone mad" by East Lothian's council leader.
The Scottish Govenrment has lodged a bill in Scottish Parliament to create a new service which would allow Ministers to transfer social care from local authorities to local care boards and a National Care Service (NCS).
However at a meeting of East Lothian Council this week one Labour councillor described the move as an SNP 'power grab'.