Glasgow City Council Update



Glasgow City Council was in the news headlines at the weekend with The Herald reporting on the suspension of a senior official and the resignation of a well-known councillor from the ruling Labour group.

Cllr Aileen Coleman has abandoned the Labour administration to be an independent councillor and if I remember correctly, her ward is in the west end of the city.

I will get hold of Cllr Colleran's contact details as I suspect she may be an ally in the ongoing fight for equal pay - Ii certainly hope so.



http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14507937.City_council_s_perfect_storm_as_senior_boss_suspended_and_prominent_politician_quits_Labour_administration/

City council's perfect storm as senior boss suspended and prominent politician quits Labour administration

Brian Devlin, left, the suspended executive director of Land and Environmental services

By Gerry Braiden - The Herald

SCOTLAND'S largest council has faced a day of trauma following the suspension of one of its senior officers and a political resignation which leaves the ruling Labour administration's majority teetering on the brink.

Glasgow City Council announced it had suspended its £120,000-a-year-plus head of land and environmental services Brian Devlin pending an internal investigation, understood to focus on the award of contracts.

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