North Lanarkshire Council’s decision to scrap festive lights from town centres and villages.Councillor Bob Burgess added: “Festive lighting is just another causality of SNP Scottish Government austerity which has decimated our communities over the last decade.
People are fed up with cuts and when it comes to festive lighting, communities should have something to enjoy at Christmas time.“Local communities are unhappy about the budget decision to cancel festive lighting and it should be reconsidered.”The council leader, Jim Logue, responded to these comments by saying: “The Conservatives have answered their own question.“The only reason that Christmas lights and trees are no longer funded by the council is because of catastrophic cuts to our.
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