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140 groups invite politicians to listen at autumn rally

- CHRIS MCCALL

POLITICIANS have been urged on World Listening Day to hear the plight of Scots struggling with the cost of living and crumbling public services.

More than 140 organisations including trade unions, churches and charities are calling for all parties to listen more to what the public wants ahead of next year's Holyrood election.

It comes in the run-up to the Scotland Demands Better rally in Edinburgh on October 25.

Peter Kelly, chief executive of the Poverty Alliance, has been leading coordination of the campaign.

He told the Record: "This is World Listening Day. We will be contacting politicians to invite them to attend the Scotland Demands Better rally.