SNP protest against decision of UK Borders Agency

Speaking after today’s demonstration outside Glasgow City Chambers, in support of asylum seekers living in Glasgow, Leader of the Opposition Councillor James Dornan said: “Glasgow is a welcoming city – Glasgow is the ‘Friendly City’ and the Glaswegian hand of friendship has been extended to refugees and asylum seekers who live here.

“It was with mounting anger, therefore that I and many from all parties and none, today demonstrated against the barbaric decision of the UK Government’s Borders Agency the UKBA, to terminate Glasgow City Council’s accommodation contract.  Thousands of asylum seekers and their families now face confusion and upset as a result of this heartless decision.

Reacting to the news that the UK Board Agency (UKBA) has terminated its contract with Glasgow City Council to provide housing for asylum seekers dispersed to the city under the UK dispersal programme, Bailie David McDonald - SNP Spokesman for Social Care - has called on both sides to get back to negotiations and to reach consensus which would allow those Asylum Seekers living in Glasgow to remain in the City.

Bailie McDonald said: “For the last 10 years Glasgow has provided a welcome safe haven for thousands of people seeking asylum and refuge.  Asylum Seekers have lived happily in many communities they have integrated into and have contributed to the local society in many ways.

£128,000 redundancy deal for top executives

102 top executives at Glasgow Council are set to receive an average payout of £128,000 each as part of Glasgow’s £127 million redundancy deal.

Internal figures revealed by the SNP show Glasgow Labour bosses are paying out millions to top execs  in redundancy and early retirement at the same time as they are calling for higher council tax payments across the city.

Following the lack of response by Labour's Leadership over calls for an investigation into Glasgow Labour, Glasgow SNP Leader of the Opposition Councillor James Dornan said: "After months of revelations and a distinct lack of action, I wrote to Labour Leaders in Scotland - Iain Gray MSP, Jim Murphy MP and the Secretary of the Labour Party in Scotland- calling on them to instigate an investigation into Glasgow Labour.

"After two weeks I am still waiting for an acknowledgement never mind a full response.  Murphy, Gray and co. should recognise that hiding behind a 'wall of silence' will not do anything to deal with Labour's problems in Glasgow, nor see a change in the way this city is run.

'Least successful fundraiser' as Brown bankrupts both country and party

Gordon Brown's pre-election fundraiser in Glasgow should go down as Labour's least successful fundraiser in history, says the SNP.

SNP group leader on Glasgow City Council James Dornan today claimed that former PM Gordon Brown had "managed to bankrupt the Labour party, not just Britain".

Glasgow City Council’s Leader of the Opposition, SNP Councillor James Dornan, has today written to Jim Murphy MP and Iain Gray MSP over the ongoing scandals rocking Glasgow City Council’s ruling Labour group.

Commenting on the letter, Councillor Dornan said: "For too long the Labour Party has run Glasgow as it’s own fiefdom, but the last six months have begun to expose the underbelly of Labour rule.

Drip-drip of allegations is damaging city's reputation

The further drip-drip of allegations over the management and conduct of the Labour party and organisations of Labour run Glasgow City Council is damaging the reputation of the city, the SNP have warned.

Reports in the weekend press reveal that Labour’s disgraced former council leader, Stephen Purcell, helped arrange access to a top official for two Labour-supporting developers and, separately, that a councillor embroiled in allegations of drugs and cronyism linked to Mr Purcell has been suspended by the Labour Party.