 Calls are being made to save the centres |
The fight to stop cuts to the Citizens' Advice Bureau service in the Borders is being stepped up. Politicians have launched a petition against the move and have lobbied the Scottish Executive and local council about the funding situation.
Centres in Jedburgh, Innerleithen, Coldstream and Chirnside are to stop "face-to-face" services entirely.
Opening hours are also to be cut in the Galashiels, Hawick, Peebles and Berwickshire centres.
'Better service'
SNP MSP Christine Grahame is to organise a petition calling on the Scottish Executive to identify funding to allow the centres to stay open.
She has also highlighted the impact the move will have on those in debt in the Borders.
Lib Dem counterparts, Jeremy Purvis and Euan Robson, however, are lobbying Scottish Borders Council to find the finance to save the centres.
"We are talking about a very modest sum of money per annum - �50,000," said Mr Robson.
"I think that for a little bit of extra money from their reserves they could easily handle the problems that the CAB are facing and ensure a much better service for people in the Borders."
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