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Edinburgh Live
National
Stuart Sommerville

Warning West Lothian swimming pools and leisure centres at risk from 'blind' cut

Swimming pools, leisure centres and sports facilities could be at risk under plans to cut financial support for West Lothian Leisure

West Lothian Leisure could see funding squeezed by almost £1m in the next three years if councillors agree to year on year cuts in support when they set the budget in February.

But councillors and community representatives attending West Lothian Council’s Economy Community Empowerment and Wealth Building PDSP heard no details of the impact reductions in funding - proposed to start in 2024 - would have on the services provided by WLL, including gyms and swimming pools as well as cultural facilities such as Howden House.

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