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After intense debate which saw councillors take almost an hour to agree on a response to the war in Ukraine, West Lothian's depute SNP leader ended his plea with the country's national rallying cry.

Labour's Ian Murray said SNP proposals for a broad-based tax on the profits made during lockdown sidestepped the plan to impose a windfall tax on the massive profits being made by oil companies from the rising cost of living.

John Bell, 65, has also resigned his membership of the party and will serve out the remaining weeks of his term as an independent councillor.

Home Office ‘proving to be the only obstacle in the way’, says Ian Blackford

Labour councillor questions the reason for not telling anyone how much outstanding road repairs will cost

The SNP Westminster leader said the plan by the Hibs charity, Dniipro Kids, was being held up by Home Office bureaucratic delays and obstacles.

The SNP/Green government's aim is that by 2030 less than 10 per cent of children across the county should be living in relative poverty.

West Lothian Council has backed a proposals to do more to help Ukrainian refugees as a family were reunited

The list of candidates includes a mixture of incumbent councillors and fresh faces.

According to the SNP leader the "BA.2 sub lineage" of Omicron now accounts for over 80 per cent of all cases in Scotland.

SNP’s vision for building resilience to climate change has not turned into ‘real-world action’