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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Chris McCall

Museums and leisure centres in Scotland face closure as services left 'hanging on by their finger nails'

Council-run leisure services across Scotland could be axed as local authorities deal with budget cuts and rising costs, MSPs have been warned.

Cultural facilities like museums and libraries are "hanging on by their finger nails" after visitor numbers evaporated during repeated lockdowns over the last two years.

Many of Scotland's local authorities have handed the operation of their leisure facilities to arms-length charitable organisations but councillors still have the ultimate say on where funding should be spent.

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