Virus crisis could cost South Lanarkshire Council more than £20 million in just six months

the Reformer’s Facebook page, Councillor Robert Brown wrote: “There are undoubtedly some capacity problems caused by the Covid-19 situation in catching up with grass cutting. (No council staff incidentally are furloughed).

Rutherglen and throughout South Lanarkshire are losing their jobs, not least skilled workers and young people in the hospitality and tourism industries.

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Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Residents and visitors to Hamilton have made fresh calls this week for South Lanarkshire Council to step up their grass-cutting.The local authority took the decision back in March to suspend a number of maintenance services due to the coronavirus outbreak, however, they were slowly re-introduced in May.

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local authority have highlighted a £21.3m coronavirus black hole in the first half of 2020.

The pandemic is set to cost North Ayrshire Council more than £23 million by March.A total of 220 staff at KA Leisure have been furloughed with lost income from closed swimming pools and other hubs set to reach £2.8 million.Finance bosses have calculated council spend and loss of income during the crisis as well as recovery for this financial year.Cabinet councillors were presented with the figures at a meeting last week.Council leader Labour’s Joe Cullinane described the financial impact on

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Two yobs who caused damage worth £35,000 when they trashed North Lanarkshire Council’s HQ have been freed.Aaron McGurk and Connor McLaughlan wrecked computer equipment and television screens, ripped tiles from ceilings and poured food and drink over floors and walls.Their three-hour rampage at the Civic Centre happened directly across the road from the area’s main police station in Windmillhill Street, Motherwell.The

Reformer : “The biggest number of complaints I am getting is about the state that residential areas are in with overgrown grass. “The council have the man power and the equipment – they just aren’t willing to use it.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Births across South Lanarkshire can now be registered again.The service was temporarily suspended because of the global pandemic.However, anyone wishing to register a birth can now do.Due to the high number of births to be registered, the service will resume in order of birth date:■ For babies born before March 21, registration will begin from June 29■ For babies born between April 1 and April 30, registration will begin

Eastfield. Cardboard must still be flattened - no boxes can be dumped otherwise, in case they contain contaminants.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.South Lanarkshire recycling centres are now accepting bulkier items such as black bag waste, wood and laminate, as well as electrical appliances.As of Wednesday, July 1, furniture waste can be accepted, along with compostable garden waste, flat packed cardboard, mattresses and carpet and underlay.Home improvement building waste – such as brick, rubble, plaster board, ceramic tiles and sanitary ware – are still not

A LEADING trade union has warned North Lanarkshire Council that the local authority’s furlough scheme “must not be a waiting room for redundancy”.Councils across Scotland, including North Lanarkshire, announced last week that they have applied to the UK Government’s job retention scheme to fund their staff.Johanna Baxter, Unison Scotland head of local government, said: “The fact that Scottish councils are having to apply for funding from the Westminster furlough scheme is a damning indictment of

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