Union to host jobs meeting

A MAJOR public meeting is to be held to gather views on plans to privatise a raft of council services in Edinburgh.

Trade union Unison has arranged the meeting for Monday evening after raising concerns about the lack of consultation being carried out by the council itself.

The event will take place at 6pm in the Augustine Church on George IV Bridge.

John Stevenson, president of the Edinburgh branch of Unison, said: "We can see the severe dangers in these plans."