Commenting on the resignation of Labour Councillor Davie MacLachlan (South Lanarkshire) as Vice Chair of SPT, following the resignations of his fellow Labour chairman Cllr Alistair Watson and the Chief Executive of SPT in the last four days as revelations over lavish expenses claims mount up at the public transport body SNP Glasgow Councillor Graeme Hendy who worked to expose the culture of excess within SPT said: "These Labour Councillors have left the board of SPT, but Labour must guarantee that any evidence of wrong doing found by an independent inquiry will see action taken by the Labour party as well.

"This resignation simply confirms the panic within SPT and Labour across Strathclyde that there is more information to come out about what their councillors have been doing with public money.

"SPT is not delivering the service people want and it is clearly not living up to the standards people have the right to expect.

"With questions unanswered over these expenses it is time for a thorough independent examination of SPT, of their books, their practices and the services they are delivering to the people of Glasgow."