BBC ScotlandMedia coverage · 26 Feb 2019The decision to axe at least 40 teaching posts is a cut too far and one that is avoidable.
Former D&G Council leader Ronnie Nicholson quit the Labour group over the Labour-SNP administration's budget plan to axe at least 40 teaching posts to close a £16m funding gap.
Dumfries & GallowayPeople named: Ronnie Nicholson, Elaine Murray
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The decision to axe at least 40 teaching posts is a cut too far and one that is avoidable.
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