Commenting on the passing of a budget today at South Lanarkshire Council, Cllr John Ross (SNP) said:
“Our group are utterly stunned by the damage Joe Fagan’s Labour-Lib Dem administration has wrought on South Lanarkshire today. There was no need whatsoever for the scale of the cuts, charges, and austerity they have passed.
“This is utter vandalism, and I don’t see how these councillors can show their faces in their communities.
“The SNP alternative budget would have made no cuts to education or social work, provided greater funding for Leisure and Culture, and protected funding for third sector organisations such as Rape Crisis, Cancer Care, and Citizens Advice.”
Cllr Cal Johnston-Dempsey 