Author: Cllr Cal Johnston-Dempsey
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SNP Blast ‘BETRAYAL’ by South Lanarkshire Labour
The South Lanarkshire SNP Group have blasted the Labour-led Council administration after they recommended the closure and sale of Red Deer Bowling Club and Westwood Community Hall in East Kilbride. Despite the best efforts of the SNP group, this proposal was lodged by the Labour group and supported by Labour and Lib Dem members. Election…
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Confidence Vote in South Lanarkshire Labour Leader
Today, at a meeting of South Lanarkshire Council, the Scottish National Party moved a vote of no confidence in the Council Leader, Joe Fagan. This was voted down; with 26 SNP members voting for, 1 Green member abstaining, and 34 Labour, Liberal Democrat, Conservative and independent members voting against. Fagan was suspended as a Councillor…
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2nd Family Fun Day with Cost of Living Support
Unfortunately, one year on from our Cost of Living and Family Fun Day in 2022, families across the UK are still struggling to pay their bills and buy essentials. In fact, the situation is much worse than last year, with many people just one pay day away from destitution. 2023 has seen record-breaking inflation caused…
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SNP Blast Suspended Councillor’s Replacement
With Labour Leader Joe Fagan suspended, the SNP Group at South Lanarkshire say that his twice-censured Deputy, Gerry Convery, should not be allowed to step into the role. Mr Convery was infamously censured in 2019 for uttering a Nazi slogan during a public meeting of the Council in April 2018. Commenting, Depute Leader of the…
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SNP Call for South Lanarkshire Council Leader’s Resignation
The Ethical Standards Commission today suspended South Lanarkshire Council Leader Joe Fagan for two months after being found to have breached two counts of the Councillor’s Code of Conduct in April 2021 by leaking confidential documents from a Cross-party Working Group. Councillor John Ross, Leader of the SNP Group commenting on today’s events said: “I…
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SNP Call Time-out on Sports Price Hike
South Lanarkshire’s Labour-Lib Dem Administration have today performed a partial U-turn on a previous decision to drastically increase the cost of hiring sports facilities by up to 114%. The Council voted in February to remove concessionary rates for under-5s, over-60s, and under-16s group sports. The SNP called a special meeting of the Council, held last…
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SNP Blast South Lanarkshire Price Hike on Sports
South Lanarkshire’s Labour-Lib Dem Administration have today performed a partial U-turn on a previous decision to drastically increase the cost of hiring sports facilities by up to 114%. The Council voted in February to remove concessionary rates for under-5s, over-60s, and under-16s group sports. The SNP called a special meeting of the Council, held last…
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Bothwell Community Hub Opening
It was great to attend the Bothwell Community Hub Opening Yesterday. Bothwell Futures took over the Donald Institute building from South Lanarkshire Council last year in a Community Asset Transfer process. The building previously housed only the Bothwell Library but now will now be a community space, still with a library but also housing a…
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Scottish Parliament Boundary Review
On Wednesday, Boundaries Scotland released their provisional proposals for changes to Scottish Parliament constituency boundaries. This is subject to public consultation and you can see more details at Boundaries.scot and have your say on the proposals. Were the proposals to be enacted, this would mean that the areas of North Lanarkshire that have lasting ties…
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SNP Fight for Junior Sports
Last month, the SNP Group called for a special meeting of South Lanarkshire Council so we could reverse the budget decision of the Labour-Lib Dem administration (supported by the Tories) to cut the concessionary rates for under-16s and over-60s sport. That special meeting was held yesterday. The decision to cut the concessionary rates had been…
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