Labour has provided Scotland with rising budgets in each year of the CSR and Alistair Darling’s Budget means that Scotland will receive an additional £82.3m in 2010-11 from Barnett consequentials, on top of further direct UK-wide support. Key measures in the Budget include:

Repeating the £50 additional winter payment for households with a pensioner over 60 which [...]

Leven Councillor John Millar is hitting out at vandals who have smashed three of the windows on a bus shelter at Nobleston in Bonhill. The previous bus shelter had been burned down about 18 months ago forcing pensioners and school children to wait for buses without any protection from incliment weather. Councillor Millar campaigned to [...]

On Wednesday 6th January the Housing, Environment and Economic Development Committee decided to adopt a new rent model based on property size, property type and general quality.  The Committee agreed to implement the new rent model with effect from 1 June 2010 rather than 1 April 2010 as recommended in the report. The Committee also [...]

On Wednesday 17th March councillors agreed the Social Work plans for the roll out of the Public Service Improvement Framework (PSIF) across the department. The  Welfare Rights Section has already piloted the programme and had embarked on a process of continuous improvement which involves consultation with stakeholders, clients, priority setting and action planning. The PSIF [...]

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On Friday 12th March, Labour Councillors John Millar and Martin Rooney joined the Provost of West Dunbartonshire, Denis Agnew at a civic reception at the Municipal Buildings in Dumbarton, in honour of Vale of Leven Citizen of the year,  Jim Murray.  Leven Councillor John Millar said: ‘I have known Jim and his family for [...]

‘The extra £670,000 will be a massive boost for the More Choices, More Chances Strategy. We will be able to support those young people who traditionally face the greatest barriers when accessing employment. This project is the missing link which could make the difference between vulnerable 16 – 19 year olds eventually finding fulfilling employment or drifting into long-term unemployment.’

RESPONSE FROM COUNCILLOR MARTIN ROONEY
 Please see below my comments in relation to the Leader of the Councils statement in responding to the criticisms from Audit Scotland; the Accounts Commission and the related press comments.  
 

The negative press that Councillor Robertson complains about reflects the reality of the Councils position.
Councillor Robertson accepts that the Council has [...]

At its meeting on 16 Dec 2009, West Dunbartonshire Council considered proposals by Scottish Ministers to amend the operating arrangements of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority and to reduce the Councils membership. The SNP led Council agreed the operating arrangements in relation to planning functions but opposed the reduction of West [...]

On Saturday 6th March over 1,000 members of the public attended the fifth annual sports show at the Meadow Centre in Dumbarton. The ‘Sports Show 2010’ was organised by West Dunbartonshire Council Sports Development Unit. The purpose of the sports show is to assist local sports clubs to promote their activities and to let the [...]

 
On Wednesday 3rd March, Leven Councillor John Millar joined a packed audience of around two hundred Formula One fans in Strathclyde Homes Stadium in Dumbarton. The event, ‘An Audience With Sir Jackie Stewart’, was organised by the Councils Library Service as part of the Dumbarton Library Centenery celebrations. Councillor Millar said: ‘It was an honour [...]