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    McMillan Welcomes Scottish Government Council House Cash

    by Stuart McMillan MSP
    Thursday, 1st July, 2010

    Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has welcomed almost £1m of Scottish Government funding for council housing in East Dunbartonshire. The Scottish Government announcement, made by the First Minister on Thu . . .

     

     
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    SNP condemn Labour/Tory for school travel intransigence

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 23rd April, 2010

    Cllr Anne McNair, SNP Councillor for Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, has condemned East Dunbartonshire’s Labour and Tory councillors for blocking the wishes of the majority of councillors to use new- . . .

     

     
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    Councillor welcomes final recommendations for Princes Gate

    by Cllr Gordan Low
    Monday, 8th March, 2010

    East Dunbartonshire Council's SNP depute group leader and Councillor for Bishopbriggs South, Gordan Low, has welcomed the decision by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland at its Febru . . .

     

     
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    SNP Councillor deplores new council budget

    by Cllr Gordan Low
    Friday, 12th February, 2010

    SNP depute group leader, Councillor Gordan Low, has criticised the new East Dunbartonshire Council budget for 2010/11 and the Labour/Tory budget priorities. Commenting on the financial difficulties . . .

     

     
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    MSP and Councillor Welcome Lairdsland Primary Funding

    by Stuart McMillan MSP & Cllr Gillian Renwick
    Thursday, 26th November, 2009

    Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government that a new primary school is to be built in Kirkintilloch. The primary school element of the first tranche of t . . .

     

     
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    MSP and Councillor Welcome Successful Kirkintilloch Bid

    by Stuart McMillan MSP & Cllr Gillian Renwick
    Friday, 13th November, 2009

    The news that Kirkintilloch has submitted a successful bid to the Scottish Government's Town Centre Regeneration Fund has been warmly welcomed by Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) and local Councillor Gillia . . .

     

     
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    Trust Model Decision Condemned

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 30th October, 2009

    Councillor Anne McNair has expressed outrage following the decision taken by East Dunbartonshire's Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat councillors to support the transfer to a Trust of the council's lei . . .

     

     
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    SNP joy at Allander reprieve

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Friday, 30th October, 2009

    SNP Group Leader is absolutely delighted that his motion to protect the Allander Leisure Centre until new facilities are constructed was passed unanimously at last week's full Council Meeting. The . . .

     

     
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    SNP group's anger at Leisure Trust decision

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Friday, 30th October, 2009

    The SNP Group have failed to stop a Labour/Conservative proposal, supported by the Lib Dems, to instigate a process to hand over Leisure and Cultural Services to a Trust. SNP Group Leader Ian Mack . . .

     

     
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    Councillor welcomes revised recommendations for Princes Gate

    by Cllr Gordan Low
    Thursday, 29th October, 2009

    East Dunbartonshire Council's SNP depute group leader and Councillor for Bishopbriggs South, Gordan Low, has welcomed revised recommendations published on 29th October by the Local Government Boundary . . .

     

     
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    LibDem Hypocrisy Over Care Charges

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 9th October, 2009

    In a recent leaflet which has been distributed in Bishopbriggs, Jo Swinson and the Liberal Democrats have criticised the Labour/Tory Administration on East Dunbartonshire Council for abandoning vulner . . .

     

     
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    Councillor concerned at council's 'quickie consultation'

    by Cllr Gillian Renwick
    Thursday, 8th October, 2009

    Councillor for Lenzie & South Kirkintilloch Gillian Renwick is concerned that the council are only allowing three weeks for responses to its consultation on the future of burial provision in Kirki . . .

     

     
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    Education Convener Blocks Committee Discussion

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Thursday, 1st October, 2009

    East Dunbartonshire Council's Education Convener Cllr Una Walker refused to allow any discussion at the Council's Education Services Committee (29 September) over the questions in the controversial No . . .

     

     
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    Non-secondary Schools Estate Consultation Flawed

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Monday, 21st September, 2009

    Cllr Anne McNair, the SNP Councillor for Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, has described East Dunbartonshire Council's consultation exercise over the Non-secondary School Estate as "flawed from th . . .

     

     
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    Home care charges "here to stay "

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Monday, 21st September, 2009

    Home care charges for people receiving disability support are here to stay after the Liberal Democrats voted with the Labour /Tory administration to retain them – despite the SNP group's battle to hav . . .

     

     
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    Questions About Dust Extraction In New PPP Schools

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 18th September, 2009

    Cllr Anne McNair, the SNP Councillor for Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, has expressed concerns about reports that there may be problems in the technical departments in the new PPP schools with dust . . .

     

     
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    SNP group outvoted in bid to lift care charges

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Friday, 18th September, 2009

    THE SNP group's bid to have the recently-introduced home care charges policy reversed was outvoted at Thursday night's meeting of the full Council. The Liberal Democrats voted with the Labour/Tory . . .

     

     
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    Councillor slams conduct of Labour, Tory & LibDem member

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Thursday, 25th June, 2009

    Cllr Anne McNair, the SNP Councillor for Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, has condemned the behaviour of Labour, Tory and LibDem members at last night's council meeting in East Dunbartonshire as a com . . .

     

     
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    Councillor slams implementation of care charges

    by Cllr Gillian Renwick
    Sunday, 21st June, 2009

    The councillor for Lenzie & South Kirkintilloch Gillian Renwick is disgusted that the Lab/Con East Dunbartonshire Administration are implementing a severe charging policy on the elderly and vulner . . .

     

     
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    Jobs and schools lose out to roads

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Monday, 6th April, 2009

    THE SNP group on East Dunbartonshire Council narrowly lost their bid to have funding from the roads budget transferred to primary schools and non-PPP secondary schools in desperate need of maintenance . . .

     

     
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    SNP Group questions "draconian savings"

    by Cllrs Ian Mackay, GIllian Renwick & Anne McNair
    Monday, 2nd March, 2009

    The SNP group on East Dunbartonshire Council presented three written questions at Tuesday's full council meeting on what they claim are "draconian savings made unnecessarily" by the ruling L . . .

     

     
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    SNP Criticises Negative Labour/Tory Council Budget

    by Cllr Ian Mackay & Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 13th February, 2009

    The SNP Group on East Dunbartonshire Council has said that at a time of real financial worry for many of the residents and employees of East Dunbartonshire they can't understand why the Council admini . . .

     

     
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    Local Councillor welcomes new M&S store

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 13th February, 2009

    Cllr Anne McNair, the SNP Councillor for Bishopbriggs North and Torrance, has warmly welcomed the opening of the new Marks and Spencer Simply Food store in the Retail Park in Bishopbriggs. Councill . . .

     

     
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    SNP supports call for Low Moss prison name

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 12th December, 2008

    The SNP Council Group has written to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill MSP to ask that he supports the demandl to keep the name of Low Moss for the proposed new prison in East . . .

     

     
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    SNP slams EDC 'zero' capital budget for education

    by Cllr Anne McNair
    Friday, 12th December, 2008

    The SNP Council Group has severely criticised the decision taken by East Dunbartonshire councillors to remove education as a budget priority for the financial year of 2009/10 and set what is in effect . . .

     

     
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    Casting Vote to Charge Society’s Vulnerable

    by Cllr Gillian Renwick
    Thursday, 21st August, 2008

    Speaking after tonight’s Social Services Committee where the Labour Convenor Cllr Michael O’Donnell sensationally used his casting vote to push ahead with charges on society’s vulnerable, SNP Social S . . .

     

     
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    SNP Group Staves Off Care At Home Charges

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Thursday, 21st August, 2008

    The Council’s SNP Group has managed to stave off the introduction of Care At Home charges to some of the most vulnerable and poorest residents in East Dunbartonshire. With the help of other opposit . . .

     

     
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    Depute Group Leader Comments on Future of Stobhill Hospital

    by Cllr Gordan Low
    Tuesday, 4th March, 2008

    Following last night's public meeting at St Mary's Church Hall, Kirkintilloch, the SNP Group on East Dunbartonshire Council has reiterated its commitment to the retention of services at Stobhill Hopit . . .

     

     
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    East Dunbartonshire Council backtracks on Affordable Housing

    by Cllr. Gordan Low
    Monday, 25th February, 2008

    Bishopbriggs South SNP Councillor, Gordan Low, has criticised the majority vote at last week's East Dunbartonshire Council meeting on the adoption of a revised definition of affordable housing within . . .

     

     
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    SNP Welcomes Budget Boost for Local Democracy

    by Cllr. Ian Mackay
    Friday, 15th February, 2008

    The SNP Council Group has welcomed the decision taken at the Council budget meeting to approve an SNP motion which establishes a capital budget fund in East Dunbartonshire which will be allocated on a . . .

     

     
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    dismissal of Turnbull High School planning appeal welcomed

    by Cllr Gordan Low
    Thursday, 13th December, 2007

    Bishopbriggs South Councillor, Gordan Low, has welcomed the decision by a Scottish Government Reporter to dismiss the Appeal by Muse Developments against refusal of outline planning permission on a gr . . .

     

     
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    SNP welcomes Sunday rail services at Bishopbriggs station

    by Cllr. Gordan Low
    Monday, 19th November, 2007

    Councillor for Bishopbriggs South and Depute Leader of the SNP Group on East Dunbartonshire Council, Cllr Gordan Low, has added his voice to those welcoming the introduction of regular Sunday rail ser . . .

     

     
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    High Quality of Early Years Education and Childcare

    by Cll Jim Gibbons
    Sunday, 18th November, 2007

    High Quality of Early Years Education and Childcare East Dunbartonshire’s pre-five centres get very good results according to the HMIE and the Care Commission. HMIE, with the Care Commission u . . .

     

     
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    SNP Group welcomes relaxation for Strathkelvin Retail Park

    by Cllrs Anne McNair and Gordan Low
    Monday, 15th October, 2007

    The SNP Group on East Dunbartonshire Council has welcomed the decision taken by the Council’s Planning Board on 9th October to relax the restrictions on permitted sales at Strathkelvin Retail Park. . . .

     

     
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    Concerns over Job Evaluation Exercise in East Dunbartonshire

    by Cllr Ian Mackay
    Friday, 24th August, 2007

    WORRIED employees of East Dunbartonshire Council are leaving in their droves because of an unfair and ill-thought out Job Evaluation exercise designed to rationalise wages, claim the SNP group. Gro . . .

     

     
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    East Dunbartonshire SNP Group statement on Stobhill Hospital

    by Cllr. Gordan Low, Depute SNP Group Leader, East Dunbartonshire Council
    Friday, 15th June, 2007

    The SNP Group on East Dunbartonshire Council welcomes the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Well-being that the planned closures of A&E facilities at Monklands and Ayr Hospitals are t . . .

     

     
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    East Dunbartonshire Lab-Cons defeated over refuse collection

    by Councillor Ian Mackay, SNP Group Leader, East Dunbartonshire Council
    Thursday, 14th June, 2007

    The new Labour/Conservative coalition on East Dunbartonshire Council have suffered a humiliating defeat on their “ill thought-out” refuse collection proposal at last night’s influential Policy & Resou . . .

     

     
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    Ritchie backs Kirkintilloch Town Hall Preservation Trust

    by Cllr David Ritchie
    Thursday, 31st May, 2007

    Campsie & Kirkintilloch North Councillor David Ritchie has today (Thursday) written to the Kirkintilloch Town Hall Preservation Trust supporting them in their campaign to bring the Town Hall back into . . .

     

     
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    Lab-Cons unite to carve up East Dunbartonshire Council

    by Ian Mackay, Leader of the SNP Group, East Dunbartonshire Council
    Thursday, 17th May, 2007

    The Labour Party and the Tories in East Dunbartonshire have joined forces to deny the largest party in council taking the administration. In an astonishing tactical ploy, the old enemies ditched th . . .

     

     
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