Equal Pay, Glasgow Debt and the SNP
A reminder from the blog archive that SNP politicians in Glasgow did nothing to hold Scottish ministers to account for their part in the "decade long failure of leadership" over equal pay.
In 2017 Scotland's public spending watchdog, the Accounts Commission, concluded that the Scottish government was responsible for the mess - not just local councils.
Yet SNP MSPs and councillors decided not to rock the boat and have left Glasgow's council tax payers to pick up the eye-watering bill for £1.5 billion worth of debt.
Glasgow, the SNP and 'Rocking the Boat' (
Glasgow City Council faces another huge £250 million bill to finance yet another 'interim payment' in its long-running equal pay dispute - which is on top of the £500 million paid out in 2019.
The final bill is likely to top £1 billion before the City Council finally replaces its discriminatory WPBR pay arrangements which were condemned as 'unfit for purpose' by the Court of Session, Scotland's highest civil court as far back as 2017.
Now in 2017 Scotland's public spending watchdog, the Accounts Commission, concluded that Scottish Ministers were responsible for this 'decade long failure of leadership' over equal pay along with local councils like Glasgow.
So why is the SNP leader of Scotland's largest council so reluctant to bang on the door of the Scottish Government to ask for help in finding a way out of this awful mess - is there a reason local politicians are so reluctant to rock the boat?
Because it's unfair for the burden to be falling entirely on council tax payers in Glasgow.
