Susan Aitken
@susanaitken.bsky.social
Leader of Glasgow City Council and SNP cooncillor for lovely Langside ward
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Susan Aitken
@susanaitken.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Due to the temporary closure of Langside Library for a very welcome major refurbishment, my advice surgeries at 6pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month will be moving to @finnsplacetx.org at Langside Church from 25th February. 2nd Tuesdays are still at Toryglen Community Hall
Ahead of budget time, @glasgowcityregion.bsky.social leaders have published the proposition we’ve put to UK & Scottish governments for a devolved integrated settlement to unleash the most compelling inclusive economic transformation opportunity in these islands www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560460...
Glasgow City Region leaders call for £400m-a-year Manchester style devolution deal
Glasgow City Region leaders have called on the UK and Scottish governments to back a £400m-a-year devolution deal, arguing it would unlock major…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ahead of budget time, @glasgowcityregion.bsky.social leaders have published the proposition we’ve put to UK & Scottish governments for a devolved integrated settlement to unleash the most compelling inclusive economic transformation opportunity in these islands www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560460...
🪡It was my honour this week to chair the 5th UN #ForumofMayors in Geneva and report back our recommendations to member states for enhanced multilevel cooperation between international, national & local governments on the global housing crisis, gender equity, climate change & inclusive growth
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🪡It was my honour this week to chair the 5th UN #ForumofMayors in Geneva and report back our recommendations to member states for enhanced multilevel cooperation between international, national & local governments on the global housing crisis, gender equity, climate change & inclusive growth
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Spent a happy hour or so at Glaswegians - Cranhill Arts, Alistair McCallum & Jane Carroll exhibition at Street Level photoworks gallery, Great talk from Alistair about the Glaswegians photographic project.Wee walk down memory lane for me.
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Spent a happy hour or so at Glaswegians - Cranhill Arts, Alistair McCallum & Jane Carroll exhibition at Street Level photoworks gallery, Great talk from Alistair about the Glaswegians photographic project.Wee walk down memory lane for me.
Last week all but 2 @GlasgowCC councillors committed to stand beside asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, who’ve been part of Glasgow’s communities for decades and call out the far right’s lies and scapegoating. I moved the @glasgowsnp.bsky.social motion glasgow.public-i.tv/core/portal/...
Glasgow City Council - Thursday 11 September 2025, 11:00am - Start video at 1:16:04 - Glasgow City Council Webcasting
Glasgow City Council - Thursday 11 September 2025, 11:00am - Start video at 1:16:04 - Glasgow City Council Webcasting
glasgow.public-i.tv
September 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Last week all but 2 @GlasgowCC councillors committed to stand beside asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, who’ve been part of Glasgow’s communities for decades and call out the far right’s lies and scapegoating. I moved the @glasgowsnp.bsky.social motion glasgow.public-i.tv/core/portal/...
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Christina McKelvie's partner, Keith Brown, along with her sons, Lewis and Jack, are deeply saddened to announce her passing this morning at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Christina McKelvie's partner, Keith Brown, along with her sons, Lewis and Jack, are deeply saddened to announce her passing this morning at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Christina McKelvie lit up every room she walked into. She was a warrior with a heart the size of Scotland and the best boss I ever had. Sharing her friendship was one of the great privileges of my life ❤️
March 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Christina McKelvie lit up every room she walked into. She was a warrior with a heart the size of Scotland and the best boss I ever had. Sharing her friendship was one of the great privileges of my life ❤️
Still seeing repetition of recent ill-informed & very inaccurate @heraldscotland coverage of @GlasgowCC finances. My colleague @Bell45, who knows his stuff, explained the realities of the numbers, the pressures & what we’re doing in Glasgow to manage them www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'I doubt that there is a single, one size fits all replacement for council tax'
Glasgow City Treasurer Richard Bell on why Glasgow needs and deserves more powers and resource
www.heraldscotland.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Still seeing repetition of recent ill-informed & very inaccurate @heraldscotland coverage of @GlasgowCC finances. My colleague @Bell45, who knows his stuff, explained the realities of the numbers, the pressures & what we’re doing in Glasgow to manage them www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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🙏 Thank you to the women of the SNP who fight every day for a better Scotland. #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🙏 Thank you to the women of the SNP who fight every day for a better Scotland. #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
Due to the temporary closure of Langside Library for a very welcome major refurbishment, my advice surgeries at 6pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month will be moving to @finnsplacetx.org at Langside Church from 25th February. 2nd Tuesdays are still at Toryglen Community Hall
February 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Due to the temporary closure of Langside Library for a very welcome major refurbishment, my advice surgeries at 6pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month will be moving to @finnsplacetx.org at Langside Church from 25th February. 2nd Tuesdays are still at Toryglen Community Hall
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As the voices of climate denial get louder, I’ll always take climate action seriously - and do it in a way that creates new jobs, lowers our bills and unlocks huge economic opportunities for Scotland.
Here’s a wee summary of my speech at Glasgow Botanics today 👇
youtube.com/shorts/qqK9b...
Here’s a wee summary of my speech at Glasgow Botanics today 👇
youtube.com/shorts/qqK9b...
Here’s why climate action really matters
YouTube video by John Swinney
youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As the voices of climate denial get louder, I’ll always take climate action seriously - and do it in a way that creates new jobs, lowers our bills and unlocks huge economic opportunities for Scotland.
Here’s a wee summary of my speech at Glasgow Botanics today 👇
youtube.com/shorts/qqK9b...
Here’s a wee summary of my speech at Glasgow Botanics today 👇
youtube.com/shorts/qqK9b...
Great to hear @johnswinney.bsky.social at the Kibble Palace today reaffirm his personal, passionate commitment to climate action and rejecting climate denialism. As a global leader in the urban transition, Glasgow will be at the heart of Scotland’s delivery plans for net zero & climate resilience
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Great to hear @johnswinney.bsky.social at the Kibble Palace today reaffirm his personal, passionate commitment to climate action and rejecting climate denialism. As a global leader in the urban transition, Glasgow will be at the heart of Scotland’s delivery plans for net zero & climate resilience
@GlasgowCC environmental teams are out across Toryglen for a Week of Action, in addition to normal services, tackling stubborn local issues like flytipping and dog fouling. Find out more from our local Neighbourhood Coordinator, Christine, at the Glenmore Avenue shops on Thursday
February 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@GlasgowCC environmental teams are out across Toryglen for a Week of Action, in addition to normal services, tackling stubborn local issues like flytipping and dog fouling. Find out more from our local Neighbourhood Coordinator, Christine, at the Glenmore Avenue shops on Thursday
Kelvingrove is perennially glam but it’s looking particularly fabulous tonight as Glasgow prepares to host @MichelinGuideUK #MICHELINStar25, a first for Scotland and a big vote of confidence in Glasgow’s brilliant food & drink scene as well as our event hosting skills
February 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Kelvingrove is perennially glam but it’s looking particularly fabulous tonight as Glasgow prepares to host @MichelinGuideUK #MICHELINStar25, a first for Scotland and a big vote of confidence in Glasgow’s brilliant food & drink scene as well as our event hosting skills
The aftermath of extreme weather events like Storm Eowyn show what public services & staff do that no one else can. Thanks to all @GlasgowCC staff who were working all hours, some of them in the teeth of the storm, to clear up & keep the city safe www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2489257...
'Council have been flat out dealing with Storm Eowyn and its aftermath'
COUNCIL staff have been flat out in recent days dealing with Storm Eowyn and its aftermath.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The aftermath of extreme weather events like Storm Eowyn show what public services & staff do that no one else can. Thanks to all @GlasgowCC staff who were working all hours, some of them in the teeth of the storm, to clear up & keep the city safe www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2489257...
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NEW: All Celtic Connections performances on Friday, January 24, are postponed due to the red weather warning
www.thenational.scot/news/2488017...
www.thenational.scot/news/2488017...
Celtic Connections shows cancelled amid red weather warning
ALL Celtic Connections performances on Friday, January 24, are postponed due to the red weather warning.
www.thenational.scot
January 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW: All Celtic Connections performances on Friday, January 24, are postponed due to the red weather warning
www.thenational.scot/news/2488017...
www.thenational.scot/news/2488017...
The last time we had to close our schools because of extreme weather was during the Beast from the East in 2018. It’s a rare event and that shows how seriously we’re taking this warning. Please take it seriously too, avoid travel and stay safe
⚠️ Due to #StormÉowyn all our Schools and Council Nurseries will be closed tomorrow (Friday 24 January 2025).
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
January 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The last time we had to close our schools because of extreme weather was during the Beast from the East in 2018. It’s a rare event and that shows how seriously we’re taking this warning. Please take it seriously too, avoid travel and stay safe
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⚠️ Due to #StormÉowyn all our Schools and Council Nurseries will be closed tomorrow (Friday 24 January 2025).
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
January 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
⚠️ Due to #StormÉowyn all our Schools and Council Nurseries will be closed tomorrow (Friday 24 January 2025).
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
Your school/nursery will provide further updates directly to you.
Please take care.
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While Labour and the Tories chase Reform’s rhetoric, the SNP under my leadership will always focus on what matters: serving Scotland and staying true to our progressive values.
In short, delivering progress for Scotland. 🏴
In short, delivering progress for Scotland. 🏴
January 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
While Labour and the Tories chase Reform’s rhetoric, the SNP under my leadership will always focus on what matters: serving Scotland and staying true to our progressive values.
In short, delivering progress for Scotland. 🏴
In short, delivering progress for Scotland. 🏴
🧵The opening of the UK’s first ever Safe Drug Consumption Facility in Glasgow is a hugely important milestone. It will not only save lives, it will show every person who uses the service that their lives are valuable and that they deserve the dignity, compassion & hope this place provides
January 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🧵The opening of the UK’s first ever Safe Drug Consumption Facility in Glasgow is a hugely important milestone. It will not only save lives, it will show every person who uses the service that their lives are valuable and that they deserve the dignity, compassion & hope this place provides
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📢 There’s no acceptable level of child poverty in a modern, prosperous society.
👉 Poverty limits opportunity, harms wellbeing, and impacts generations. It holds us all back.
🏴 We're relentlessly focused on meeting Scotland’s ambitions to end it.
👉 Poverty limits opportunity, harms wellbeing, and impacts generations. It holds us all back.
🏴 We're relentlessly focused on meeting Scotland’s ambitions to end it.
January 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📢 There’s no acceptable level of child poverty in a modern, prosperous society.
👉 Poverty limits opportunity, harms wellbeing, and impacts generations. It holds us all back.
🏴 We're relentlessly focused on meeting Scotland’s ambitions to end it.
👉 Poverty limits opportunity, harms wellbeing, and impacts generations. It holds us all back.
🏴 We're relentlessly focused on meeting Scotland’s ambitions to end it.
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Eradicating child poverty is an investment in our people, not a cost to be borne.
SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment are already keeping an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our Budget will do more by acting to lift the two-child limit.
youtube.com/shorts/DjNN9...
SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment are already keeping an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our Budget will do more by acting to lift the two-child limit.
youtube.com/shorts/DjNN9...
Here’s why eradicating child poverty really matters to me.
YouTube video by John Swinney
youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Eradicating child poverty is an investment in our people, not a cost to be borne.
SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment are already keeping an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our Budget will do more by acting to lift the two-child limit.
youtube.com/shorts/DjNN9...
SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment are already keeping an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty.
Our Budget will do more by acting to lift the two-child limit.
youtube.com/shorts/DjNN9...
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🏡 Communities don’t yet see the benefits climate investment can deliver for them such as improved public transport, sustainable food provision or public realm improvements.
It is up to Governments around the world - including the UK - to empower change our cities need.
It is up to Governments around the world - including the UK - to empower change our cities need.
January 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🏡 Communities don’t yet see the benefits climate investment can deliver for them such as improved public transport, sustainable food provision or public realm improvements.
It is up to Governments around the world - including the UK - to empower change our cities need.
It is up to Governments around the world - including the UK - to empower change our cities need.
Winter beach, south west Scotland
January 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Winter beach, south west Scotland