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Two obscure-sounding items on the agendas of last week's Scrutiny Committee and this week's Full Council have got me thinking about our city's economic development.
Following reports that reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found in a few council houses in West Lothian, Lib Dem Councillor Sally Pattle commented
As part of a successful contract extension with Legacy Leisure, Hutton Moor Leisure Centre is due to receive a significant funding injection to refresh its swimming pool changing facilities thanks to work by Liberal Democrat councillors.
Responding to new figures published by the Scottish Government showing that half of places on secondary postgrad teaching courses are unfilled, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has today urged the SNP to take immediate action after new figures revealed that almost a third of pupils are persistently absent, while the number of Additional Support Needs (ASN) teache