Inverclyde Council suspends four officials while Argyll and Bute does nothing...
(Updated below 13th January 2011) Inverclyde Council has just issued a Press Release, making public its suspension of four council officials, following the start of an investigation into what it...
View ArticleThe Inverclyde precedent: failure, suspensions, now Leader stands down
The recent failure of a major project at Inverclyde Council designed to save the council serious money – the so-called Future Operating Model (FOM), led to the suspensions of four senior officials.we...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Liberal candidate joins Inverclyde administration
Tarbert man, George While, a former Liberal Democrat who is now the Liberal Party’s candidate for Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Election 2011 and its only Scottish councillor – represents Gourock on...
View ArticleDeputy First Minister set to bring welcome local engagement to ferry...
[8th August - Updated below in Responses] On 1st July, the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, sent a covering letter to the members of the Gourock-Dunoon Ferries Service Steering Group with the...
View ArticleMcGrigor gets welcome response to parliamentary question on democratisation...
Following the non-answer from Transport Minister Keith Brown to an earlier written parliamentary question he had put to the Deputy First Minister, who was directly responsible for the issue in which he...
View ArticleLocal authorities on manoeuvres
Everyday folk see COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, as a well connected Labour fiefdom consistently subverting the attempts of the Scottish government to offer appropriate reasonable...
View ArticleCOSLA: Inverclyde ‘goes’ to plan
On schedule and to plan, yesterday, 20th February, Labour-led Inverclyde Council gave the necessary 12 months advance notice of intent to leave the Labour-led Convention of Scottish Local Authorities...
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