❌ There has been no meaningful engagement with the Scottish Government or COSLA.

👎 It shortchanges Scotland and it shortchanges South Lanarkshire.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We have more ambition for Scotland and expect better for South Lanarkshire.

Labour’s Pride in Place programme is an attempt to bypass devolution.

The SNP passed an amendment expressing serious concerns regarding:

❌ The lack of engagement with councils

❌ Restrictive criteria

❌ The removal of local decision-making and disregard for existing community planning structures

🚌 The guidance used to assess ‘safe’ walking routes to school is over 20yrs old and not fit for purpose — it doesn't even require a pavement.

❌ Labour have used that document to remove school transport from over 8,000 kids.

🟡 Today we brought a motion requesting a local review.
🥀 They blocked it.

🚮 The SNP worked with the Scottish Greens to bring forward and second an amendment to create a ‘Cleaning up South Lanarkshire Fund’ to tackle litter and fly-tipping.

❌ Labour voted this down

📺 Watch SNP Depute Leader Councillor Ross Clark speak about the importance of cleaning up our streets.

🍎 The SNP Scottish Government are expanding free school meals in South Lanarkshire

🟡 SNP Councillor John Anderson welcomed this crucial investment in our mission to end child poverty.

❌ He called out Labour’s refusal to scrap the cruel two child cap but was shut down by the administration.

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