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A SOCIALIST councillor has been suspended from the Labour group on Edinburgh council after refusing to back a budget that includes cutting funding for communities.
Councillor Gordon Munro has been suspended for three months after abstaining in a February vote on the SNP-Labour administration’s budget.
He originally faced a year-long suspension, which would have prevented him from standing in next year’s elections.
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government