Deadline call from Lanarkshire councillor over much needed housing repairs

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A deadline for carrying out much needed housing repairs in parts of Lanarkshire is needed, a local councillor has claimed. Robert Brown, the Liberal Democrat leader at South Lanarkshire Council (SLC), believes that parts of Rutherglen are in desperate need of work.

The local authority last week approved plans for further investment in housing, but Councillor Brown - who presents Rutherglen South - has called for further steps to be taken to ensure the work is carried out swiftly.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I want to stress that these things are not just cosmetic."Some of the roofs are clapped out, the roughcast no longer does its job."I can point to many instances of brown marks on tenement and house walls in Rutherglen from leaking gutters or other water problems in the past which have damaged the