Labour Needs to Sing From the One Hymn Sheet Holyrood Week with Political Editor Brian Currie

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THERE'S growing disenchantment between Labour at Holyrood and Labour councillors. It's been brought to a head by the inept way party leader Wendy Alexander and her parliamentary team have handled the question of "ring-fenced" funds for local councils.

Although the previous Labour-LibDem Executive planned a gradual easing of the restrictions on how local authorities handled their budgets, the SNP government is lifting the barriers almost immediately.

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Labour Needs to Sing From the One Hymn Sheet Holyrood Week with Political Editor Brian Currie

Now local government bosses are talking among themselves, and warning the relationship between them and MSPs is worsening simply b...

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