Opposition evaluations of three year council budget

With the May local authority elections on the near horizon, this was always going to be a goodie-bag budget Continue reading

Invitation to opposition group leaders to evaluate Argyll and Bute budget

(Updated below 17th February) For Argyll has invited the leaders of each of the opposition groups of councillors and Councillor James Robb, Continue reading

Argyll & Bute Independent Councillors Group want to know who knew what on claimed spying

Speaking on the news that Argyll and Bute Council appears to have been conducting covert surveillance Continue reading

Russell says council budget shows school closures ‘completely unnecessary’

Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute’s MSP and Education Secretary, has been looking at the draft budget Continue reading

Dance predicts planning go-ahead for Waitrose at Helensburgh’s Hermitage school

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(21.00, 31st January update: Important clarification added in new section below: The ‘sequential test’ issue.) In a troubling development it has emerged that Helensburgh Councillor Vivien Dance appears not to have been Continue reading

Councillor Freeman sets record straight on 8 minute council meeting

Councillor George Freeman of Lomond North has issued the following press statement Continue reading

An intake of breath from Minard School – and vivid memories

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Had Argyll and Bute Council has its way, today would have been the last day at Minard school – Continue reading