COUNCILLORS in North Lanarkshire have approved plans to close 39 facilities across the local authority including the Sir Matt Busby Sports Complex…
COUNCILLORS in North Lanarkshire have approved plans to close 39 facilities across the local authority including the Sir Matt Busby Sports Complex in Bellshill.
He admitted the facilities that will shut are"highly valued" by communities but said the council could not longer afford to fund them. “We have been working with SNP group leader Tracy Carragher to find a way for these Labour cuts to be stopped; North Lanarkshire should use the tens of millions due to them over the coming years from the Strathclyde Region Pension fund surplus to embark on a programme of repair and upgrade to bring facilities up to standard.”
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