A rape crisis centre in Edinburgh has closed its waiting list for survivors amid a row over SNP/Green Government funding coming to an end. The service has a backlog of nearly 300 survivors and has now stopped putting any more people on its books.
The Record reported in December that charity Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) could cut nearly 30 posts due to a funding crisis. Ministers awarded RCS over £ 1.1 million last year to tackle spiralling waits but the funding came to an end.
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