VETERANS seeking jobs with South Lanarkshire Council could benefit from a new policy.

Councillors will vote on a proposal for the authority to follow others around the UK in creating a guaranteed interview scheme for former servicemen and women.

CONSERVATIVE councillors backed plans to place a Clydesdale care hub in Lanark.
 
Members of South Lanarkshire Council’s social work committee last week voted on proposals for how care will be provided in the years to come.
 

PRIME Minister Theresa May welcomed four South Lanarkshire councillors to Downing Street.

A delegation from the area's opposition Tory Group joined others from across Scotland's local authorities in the visit to Number 10.

THE CRISIS engulfing South Lanarkshire’s minority SNP administration deepened as the council leader sensationally blocked scrutiny of its use of urgent powers.

CONSERVATIVE councillors attended remembrance services across South Lanarkshire as the UK marked 100 years since the armistice that ended the first world war.

CONSERVATIVE councillors worked to ensure a Blantyre community asset will be protected from unforeseen circumstances in the years ahead.

CROSS-PARTY moves to improve democratic accountability at South Lanarkshire Council were sensationally blocked by an SNP-independent coalition.

CONSERVATIVE representatives have welcomed news Biggar's bank branch has been saved from closure.

David Mundell MP and Clydesdale East councillors Eric Holford and Alex Allison all backed the community's campaign against the Royal Bank of Scotland's decision to pull out of the town.

SOUTH Lanarkshire schools could see their budgets stretched if the independent sector loses charitable tax relief.

PEOPLE and animals will be safer after South Lanarkshire Conservatives helped the council adopt robust new restrictions on sky lanterns and helium-filled balloons.

The release of the items has increased in recent years, with often devastating unintended consequences.