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Watchdog suspends Scottish councillor over ‘sexually deviant child' comments

A Scottish councillor has been suspended after he made " disrespectful and discriminatory comments about a child" on the phone to a…

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South Lanarkshire Council leader speaks out after being suspended for two months

Councillor Joe Fagan has been banned for two months for breaching the councillors code of conduct.

Daily Record

Scottish Labour council leader suspended for two months over disclosure of information

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Fagan, who is in charge of South Lanarkshire Council, had been investigated by the Standards Commission

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Stirling councillor suspended for five months after hearing finds he pressured staff and bullied a senior official

The Standards Commission for Scotland found Labour councillor Danny Gibson breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct for behaving disrespectfully towards council officers and for having bullied a senior council officer.

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SNP fail in calls for suspension of Labour councillor facing standards hearing

The SNP group at Stirling Council failed in their bid to have Labour member Danny Gibson suspended ahead of a Standards Commission hearing into an allegation he breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

Daily Record

Special council meeting called ahead of councillor's watchdog hearing over allegation of conduct breach

A special meeting of Stirling Council has been set for this week so councillors can discuss an upcoming watchdog hearing into an allegation that a councillor breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. All seven of Stirling’s SNP councillors called f

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Councillor faces watchdog hearing over allegations of Code of Conduct breach

Stirling Labour councillor Danny Gibson is to face a hearing of the Standards Commission for Scotland over allegations he breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

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Councillor cleared over Alba 'transphobia' comments by ethics watchdog

NO action will be taken against a Glasgow councillor over Twitter posts which claimed the Alba Party is “obsessed with transphobia”.

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Glasgow councillor cleared over Alba Party 'transphobia' tweets after standards probe

The Standards Commission has decided to take no further action over complaints about Twitter posts made by Cllr Blair Anderson, a Green councillor in Glasgow.

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Ex-Glasgow councillor sanctioned over 'SNP cuts' image fears 'dangerous precedent'

The former councillor was censured earlier this week after displaying an 'SNP CUTS HURT GLASGOW' message during a meeting ahead of the Holyrood elections last year.

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Glasgow ex-councillor censured by standards watchdog over 'SNP cuts' meeting background

Former Labour councillor Martin McElroy was found to have breached the councillor's Code of Conduct after displaying the message during a meeting ahead of the Holyrood elections last year.

Glasgow Live

'Absurd' decision to bar Edinburgh councillors from rent debate questioned

Elected members who are a tenant or landlord were urged to excuse themselves from the rent freeze debate last month.

Edinburgh Live

Labour accused of 'childlike hypocrisy' in council independence flag row

LABOUR councillors have been accused of continually engaging in “childlike hypocrisy” after derailing a meeting by complaining about an SNP…

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'Bulls***': Watch key council meeting get derailed by fury over independence flag

UNIONISTS disturbed a key council meeting to complain about an elected member displaying a Yes flag in their own home – with one even suggesting…

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Bullying claims dominate complaints to councillor and public body watchdog

The Standards Commission for Scotland made the revelation as it laid its annual report before the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

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Victims of sex pest former Edinburgh councillor feel 'badly let down'

Lewis Ritchie, former SNP councillor for Leith Walk, was found guilty of committing sex attacks on three women between 2016 and 2019.

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Former Scottish Labour councillor called to standards hearing after complaint

A FORMER Scottish Labour councillor is facing a standards hearing following allegations about his conduct at a council meeting ...

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Former Glasgow councillor faces standards hearing after complaint over conduct

The Standards Commission has decided to hold a hearing in relation to the complaint about Martin McElroy, a former Labour member for Springburn and Robroyston.

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Glasgow pub cancel Alex Salmond event over 'political' concerns as Alba 'transphobia' claims made

The wee Alba book Roadshow Summer of Independence event is now due to take place at a Glasgow hotel instead.

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New Tory council chief may face no-confidence vote amid 'conduct concerns'

MORAY Council’s new Tory convener is under pressure to refer himself to the Standards Commission or face a vote of no confidence.

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