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 concerns have been expressed about the downgrading of an established Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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 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 →
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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Labour have warned that South Lanarkshire has been “ripped off” as the Scottish Government’s funding deal for councils unravels.
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Local Labour councillor, Davie McLachlan, has spoken out against proposals to close Burnbank Library and Burnbank Family Centre. 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 →
At a special meeting of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Constituency Labour Party members expressed their support for Central Scotland MSP, and local member, Monica Lennon’s campaign to become the next leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Continue reading →
