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.
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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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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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.
With the Council facing the most severe round of cuts since its inception, Labour have launched a South Lanarkshire-wide fightback against austerity. Continue reading →
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 →
For the first time in the 24-year history of South Lanarkshire Council, the administration’s Budget proposals have been defeated. Continue reading →
