Labour deny doing deal with Tories to take power in North Lanarkshire councilSNP COUNCILLORS and politicians in North Lanarkshire are enraged over an alleged Labour-Tory deal to keep Labour in power as the council administration.Among nation-wide talks on council deals and coalitions, Labour proposed forming a minority administration in North Lanarkshire despite trailing the SNP group by one seat...
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+CommonSpace Labour leader said in chamber he had offered audit convenorship to David Stocks of the SNP, and SNP twice refused it. Post has to go to someone not on the ruling group. It was therefore gifted to Tories by SNP.
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@Grendel You'd think at a local level, politics would be less tribal, far more local but it seems things have changed after the Council elections.
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@Murchie It looks like having acknowledged that Labour would take control they wanted to frame a narrative of a secret Tory deal. Refusal of the post worked towards that.
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