Councillor calls for local authority to give 'unequivocal' backing to EK Task Force

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An East Kilbride councillor has called on South Lanarkshire Council to give its unequivocal support to the town's task force.

The independently-chaired multi-agency group was set up 10 years ago to tackle the difficulties facing the town in the wake of the Rolls-Royce closure.It aims to promote East Kilbride as a centre of excellence in sustainability and help the town prosper long-term.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Councillor Watson told Lanarkshire Live: "The feeling over the last six months is that SLC is not committed to the East Kilbride Task Force and would prefer to subsume it into a wider South Lanarkshire Planning Forum. "A clear commitment to the continuing work of the task force, from the leader and chief executive of the council would give reassurance to the other members of the task force that it has a future."East Kilbride is facing increasing specific challenges and the task force can help focus on these challenges and opportunities for the Town."If SLC are not prepared to commit the future of the task force it will be a