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Councillors welcomed extra cash from the Scottish Government for councils which agreed not to raise the tax. They are expecting to get an additional £1.8m – equivalent to a 3% increase. But the settlement from Holyrood – currently £196m – came under fire from opposition councillors, with claims it shows “utter contempt” for local government. The council agreed to take £3m from reserves to cut the budget shortfall to £5.5m. With the area’s culture and leisure trust and health and social care partnership set to identify their own savings, the council needs to find £3....