Archive for May 2018

Labour campaign to end child burial fees adopted by Scottish Government

The Scottish Government have announced that they will end child burial fees, after calls from Scottish Labour to make funds available to councils to enable them to do this. Monica Lennon MSP had previously written to Scottish Government Ministers for Communities Angela Constance MSP to ask her to consider the scheme. Commenting on the announcement,…

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Monica Lennon calls on more community rights in the planning system

Monica Lennon MSP has called on the Scottish Government to listen to the public and hand communities more rights in the planning process. Monica has called on the Government to overhaul its Planning Bill to deliver real change for communities and to drive up the quality of development. Scottish Labour is putting forward a package…

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