Trade unionists have vowed to continue a fight against cuts to community facilities in North Lanarkshire – warning they may still be brought in through the back door.
Earlier this week, the Labour-run local authority announced a U-turn on controversial plans to shut almost 40 leisure and community facilities including swimming pools, libraries and golf courses.
However, the North Lanarkshire Trades Council say this is a ‘cynical move’ and that communities should ‘prepare for the worst'.
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The group are launching an anti-cuts campaign with a public meeting in the GLO Centre in Motherwell on 11 October.
It says that cutting the facilities will “destroy communities”, and has called for them to be given long-term support instead.
Ben Lunn, the Chair of the trades council said “North Lanarkshire, like many communities in Scotland and Britain have seen austerity placed upon our shoulders for the past 15 years.
“The Tories, SNP, and local councils have been far too ready to place the trouble on the shoulders of working-class people and we simply cannot take it anymore”
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He added “It was positive to see the local council changed their stance, however the battle is simply not over and we need to work together as members of our community to make sure the cuts are never reintroduced in the future”
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