Labour councillors have vowed to scrap unfair permit fees after the Council’s final Executive Committee of the term upheld the decision to charge for permits in residential parking zones. Continue reading →
South Lanarkshire Labour moved against the Council’s budget today, branding it a ‘let down’ for communities ‘crying out for investment’. Continue reading →
South Lanarkshire Labour councillors have renewed calls for testing and safety procedures to be put in place by the Scottish Government to allow more Covid-safe visiting to take place in care homes. Continue reading →
Labour have called for a campaign of ‘fearless opposition’ to Scottish Government cuts to council budgets after SNP and Independent groups refuse to accept pre-conditions for cross-party budget talks at South Lanarkshire Council.
After weeks of dithering and confused messages the Scottish Government has announced plans for schools to reopen full-time in August.
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South Lanarkshire Labour are calling on Scottish and UK Governments to stand behind the workforce at Rolls Royce, as the engineering giant prepares to slash 9,000 jobs across its global operations.
Campaigners have forced a major U-turn on proposals to leave Larkhall without a care home as South Lanarkshire Council’s plan for care homes closures and huge cuts in bed numbers ‘is being rewritten’ under mounting political pressure. Continue reading →
