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Councils are facing a £50m annual bill for clearing up litter and dealing with fly-tipping, new figures have revealed today.
Disadvantaged areas across Scotland are to share £25m to help regenerate local communities and create more than 2,300 jobs.
Spending on local services such as bin collections, parks, roads and libraries has fallen by £3.1bn between 2010/11 and 2015/16, new research has revealed.