Fifth of Scots have literacy issues, now funds are cut [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 14 January 2010
As MSPs convened at Holyrood to discuss the shocking revelation that a fifth of Scots have difficulty reading, it emerged last night that key literacy services in Edinburgh have suffered a 30 per cent funding cut in the last two years — this in a World City of Literature.
Edinburgh councillors face budget cuts of up to £90 million over the next three years, and last night campaigners warned that officials had proposed a 6.5 per cent cut in funds for community learning and development.
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