Labour backs ‘radical’ plan to take back control of bus services
Labour councillors have welcomed a decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to make ‘bus franchising’ – a system of public control of bus services – its preferred option as it consults on the future of Strathclyde’s bus market.
‘Major concern’ over future of Neonatal Care Unit
Major concerns have been expressed about the downgrading of an established Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Public confronted with hard-hitting budget consultation
People across South Lanarkshire are being invited to take part in a hard-hitting consultation on council finances as the local authority steps up work on its Budget for next year.
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Labour vow to scrap unfair parking permit charges
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. (more…)
‘Let down’ SNP-Tory budget fails every test
South Lanarkshire Labour moved against the Council’s budget today, branding it a ‘let down’ for communities ‘crying out for investment’. (more…)
Labour’s “fairer alternative” defeated at council budget meeting
Labour’s plans for a Council Budget that delivered for key workers, the frontline and those most in need was defeated by South Lanarkshire Council.
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EXPOSED: South Lanarkshire’s missing millions
Labour have warned that South Lanarkshire has been “ripped off” as the Scottish Government’s funding deal for councils unravels.
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Labour councillor protests the ‘double whammy’ of proposed closures in Burnbank
Local Labour councillor, Davie McLachlan, has spoken out against proposals to close Burnbank Library and Burnbank Family Centre. (more…)
