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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scottish councils urge Sturgeon to suspend plans for national care service

Scottish parliament
A cross-party committee at Holyrood expressed ‘significant concern’ in early December over national care service plans. Photograph: Colin Fisher/Alamy

Scottish council leaders have called for Nicola Sturgeon’s government to suspend its plans for a new national care service, in a growing battle over funding.

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla), the umbrella body for the country’s 32 councils, said setting up the service would be unjustifiably costly and disruptive during a time of financial crisis.

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