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.

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.