SNP Offer To Fill In Labour Blanks

After three months of Labour rule in Falkirk Council with not one single initiative coming forward from the new Labour/ Independent and Conservative Administration the SNP are to offer assistance with the development of a Corporate Plan for the council.

Tuesday 14th sees the return of Falkirk Council's committees with the powerful Policy and Resources Committee.

Despite the fact Labour and their Conservative allies have been in administration for over three months the agenda contains not one single new policy or initiative.

What is contained in the agenda is a report to bring forward a "Corporate Plan" by December 2007. Normally the corporate plan is the programme for government based on the ruling groups election manifesto. However, Labour produced a three page manifesto for the elections in May, most of which was a negative rant against the SNP.

On Tuesday the SNP will offer assistance to their Labour colleagues in the preparation of a policy programme for the next four years based on the lack of ideas coming forward from within Labour ranks.

Said SNP group leader, David Alexander,

"The comparison between the SNP in Edinburgh and the Labour Administration in Falkirk can not be more marked.

New Labour look as though they have been caught in the headlights in Falkirk Council. There hasn't been one single Labour initiative in the three months in charge. Instead we have seen a string of press releases with Labour convenors seeking to claim credit for the programmes introduced by the SNP.

Now the challenge to the Labour / Conservative Administration is to produce a four year programme based on the three pages of the Labour Party manifesto.

It is clear that Labour do not have a strategic vision of the district and so the onus is on the SNP to promote our programmes such as the regeneration of the district centres and the development of new schools for our young people.

If Labour are, as we suspect devoid of direction then I am more than happy to continue the SNP's programmes within the district"