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Dec 5, 2023
Labour Leader Starmer "Won't Turn on the Spending Taps"
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said that if elected to government, he ‘won’t turn on the spending taps,’ with more austerity likely....
Sep 29, 2022
Council Workers accept SNP Government's Fair Pay Deal
Unison and Unite members have accepted the local government pay deal proposed by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA),...
Dec 15, 2021
Kenneth calls out Tories over Local Government Funding
In the Chamber on 15 December, Kenneth challenged the Tories’ hypocritically calling for additional local government funding in Scotland,...
Oct 6, 2021
Supreme Court rejects Unanimous Votes of the Scottish Parliament
Prompted by the UK Tory Government, Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that certain parts of two Bills which were both unanimously passed...
Jun 24, 2020
SNP Government allocates further £7.3 million to NAC for Coronavirus Response
The SNP Government’s proposal to allocate a further £7.3 million to North Ayrshire Council (NAC) has been approved by MSPs. Across...
Dec 3, 2019
Labour, Tory and Green MSPs Vote to Remove £6 million of Rates Relief from North Ayrshire Businesses
The Local Government And Communities Committee which is deliberating on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 Last week, Tory...
Jul 2, 2019
More Powers for Scottish Schools
More decision-making powers than ever before are now in the hands of schools due to a landmark agreement reached with local authorities....
Apr 10, 2019
Consultation on Reform of Non-domestic Rates in Scotland Launched
The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee, on which Kenneth Gibson MSP serves, is asking for views on the...
Mar 13, 2019
Defending Ayrshire's Rail Services
I was disappointed that at North Ayrshire Council’s (NAC) meeting on 13 February, Labour and the Tories backed a motion to support plans...
Mar 8, 2019
Local Government Finance Order Debate
On Thursday, Kenneth spoke in the debate on the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order. He was able to highlight that the resource...
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