Falkirk council buildings cull will 'take heart out of the area' says Labour
dailyrecord.co.ukGetting rid of 133 council buildings, including four school swimming pools, will "take the heart out of the Falkirk Council area", a senior Labour councillor has said.
The proposals, which are due to be debated tomorrow (Tuesday), would see almost all of Falkirk Council's leisure facilities either close or transfer out of council ownership.Falkirk Council says the closures are necessary in order to make savings and reduce the Council’s carbon footprint. Read more: Four school swimming pools face closure as Falkirk Council plans to reduce properties The Labour group leader, Councillor Anne Hannah, said the proposals comes straight off a Tory cuts wish-list.Cllr Hannah said: “Nobody should be fooled by mealy-mouthed words like mothballing and community empowerment.
This report is all about closures, closures that will devastate communities and the few services they still enjoy.”Cllr Hannah claims that when Labour last held power at Holyrood, a third of Scottish Government funds went to local authorities.
Last year it was less than a quarter.“Add in the ring fencing of so much of our budget and it is clear all this pain is a direct result of the SNP government’s insatiable desire to control everything from Holyrood.
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