South Lanarkshire Council is run by a Progressive Partnership Administration between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Today the Council approved the Administration’s Budget with a new investment pot of £55.5 million supported by a Council tax rise of 6%
“Rutherglen has a strong claim to be the oldest Royal Burgh in Scotland which will celebrate its 900th anniversary next year. Glasgow is a mere infant at 850 years old. Glasgow leaders never seem to accept that communities like Rutherglen value their ow
Speaking on the 3rd Anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Councillor Robert Brown, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on South Lanarkshire Council, called for the United Kingdom to stand strong with Ukraine in its continued resistance to Vladimir Putin’
COUNCILLORS in South Lanarkshire backed a Liberal Democrat plan for an ethical use of social media. A huge majority supported the Liberals’ motion to limit the council’s use of X (formerly Twitter) to important and urgent public announcements
Local Liberal Democrats are backing the call by Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey to strengthen our ties with Europe and to rejoin a Customs Union with the European Union.
The SNP Government have at last admitted defeat and scrapped the damaging and costly centralisation proposals for local community care – but only after incurring costs of over £30 million.
