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Labour has slated the SNP Government’s budget for being profligate, anti-economy and for cutting spending in social housing and failing to invest in key infrastructure projects like the Glasgow Airport Rail Link. (GARL). The GARL project alone would have created over 1,300 jobs which would have been vital to supporting the steady recovery of the Scottish Eeconomy.  West [...]

1/ For Education Convenor from Councillor Patrick McGlinchey: Following the review carried out by an external consultant;The SNP has agreed a cut of £500,000 from the Education Budget in the 2010/11 Budget. Will the Convenor of Education and Lifelong Learning advise members when the Executive Director will be in a position to report members what [...]

Dumbarton Councillor Geoff Calvert has submitted a Motion to the February meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council calling for the statutory consultation on St. Martin’s Primary school to be ended with immediate effect. The statutory consultation was initiated by the SNP Administration in December after being forced to carry out a second round of informal consultations. [...]

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Clydebank Councillor Gail Casey has submitted a Motion to West Dunbartonshire Council calling on the Scottish Government to intervene to protect continuing care beds at St Margarets of Scotland Hospice in Clydebank. Gail is worried that the loss of funding for these beds could have a devastating impact on the long term viability of [...]

Leven Councillor John Millar has written an open letter to the local press calling on the SNP to end the uncertainty over SNP plans to close St. Martins Primary School in Renton. 
John is calling on the SNP to end their statutory consultation and adopt Labours proposals which were presented to the December Council meeting and called for [...]

 
 
At a Special Council meeting on Thursday 28th January 2010 West Dunbartonshire SNP Councillors voted to cut £10,000 from the Antonine Sports and Leisure Centre in Dunctocher. Local Councillor Douglas McAllister is absolutely furious about the SNP cuts to a vital community based,  sports & leisure facility in Duntocher. The Antonine Sports & Leisure Centre has had £10,000 cut from its budget, leaving the centre [...]

At a Special Council meeting last Thursday, January 28, 2010, The SNP Administration supported by Independent councillors Denis Agnew, Marie McNair and Willie McLaughlin agreed to £846,000 worth of cuts to Social Work Services. The cuts were a combination of political priorities and management adjustments. The SNP Budget included cuts to Mental Health Services; Childcare Services; and [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010, SNP Councillors missed an opportunity to end the statutory consultation on the proposed closure of St. Martins Primary School in Renton. The statutory consultation was initiated following a decision by SNP councillors to close St. Martins Primary School. Leven Councillor John Millar said: “The [...]

At a Special Council meeting last Thursday, January 28, 2010, The SNP Administration supported by Independent councillors Denis Agnew, Marie McNair and Willie McLaughlin agreed to £1,259,160 worth of cuts to Education Services. The cuts were a combination of political priorities and management adjustments. The SNP Budget included cuts in teacher numbers; a reduction in the accessibility [...]

At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010, SNP Leader Councillor Iain Robertson was humiliated by his SNP colleagues when he was forced to reject the Clyde Valley Community Planning Partnership recommendations on shared services.  (Arbuthnot Report). Councillor Robertson currently chairs the partnership, which was commissioned to investigate the possibility of shared [...]