VETERANS applying for work with South Lanarkshire Council are set to benefit from a guaranteed interview scheme.

Councillor Mark McGeever proposed the new policy at December's meeting of the authority. The Conservative motion secured cross-party support and was unanimously approved.

SAFETY for taxi drivers and their passengers will be improved by installing CCTV in cabs across South Lanarkshire.

Conservative members of the council’s licensing committee backed a proposal for a pilot programme involving vehicles operating in Hamilton and East Kilbride.

CONSERVATIVES helped ensure an overwhelming majority threw-out the minority SNP administration’s South Lanarkshire Council budget.

SOUTH Lanarkshire Conservatives have warned the Workplace Parking Levy would have a devastating effect on the area.

A deal between the SNP Government and Green Party MSPs means employers could have to find an estimated £500 per year for every parking space they provide to their staff.

CONSERVATIVE councillors welcomed nurseries across South Lanarkshire finally receiving some consideration by the authority.

WORKING families will suffer from South Lanarkshire Council’s decision to hike rents on social housing tenants.

FLAT-RATE council rents are hindering efforts to attract people to live in Clydesdale communities.

Conservative members of South Lanarkshire Council have called for a new approach that would consider local demand and circumstances to help bring new residents into towns and villages.

Councillor Kenny McCreary represents Bothwell and Uddingston.  He is the South Lanarkshire Conservative and Unionist Group Spokesman for Community and Enterprise. 

CONSERVATIVE councillors expressed disappointment after South Lanarkshire’s SNP administration refused to scrap controversial primary one tests.

Parents, teachers and charities have all voiced concerns about standardised assessments involving pupils in their very first year of school.

FAMILIES should be entitled to the same support regardless of what date their child’s birthday falls.

Conservative representatives backed calls for plans to be brought forward to address a clear unfairness in South Lanarkshire Council’s early learning and childcare policy.