North Lanarkshire Council appoints new committee conveners

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North Lanarkshire Council has appointed its committee conveners for the new term.At its meeting on Thursday, the council appointed conveners who are responsible for particular areas of policy, and also amended some of its committees to better reflect its priorities.These appointments follow those of councillors Jordan Linden (leader), Tracy Carragher (depute leader), Agnes Magowan (provost) and Anne Thomas (depute provost) in May.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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