Ms Robison also said that a national delivery plan on how to use the funding found that cancer in children was a top priority.

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"Due to the scale of the financial challenge facing the council next year and beyond means that we must continue to take a proactive approach to the delivery of efficiency savings to allow us to balance the budget and protect services in key priority areas, " he said.

BBC: Scottish Borders Council budget 'gap' measures agreed