The Latest Breaking News from West Dunbartonshire Council

The council leader has hit back saying the money is ringfenced and "can’t go towards feeding weans".

A spokesman for the Scottish Government said that the new funding model was fairer - despite West Dunbartonshire losing more than £2m as the attainment gap widens.

The plans would see cabbies over the age of 45 requiring to provide a medical certificate before being granted a license.

Labour leader Martin Rooney says the plans are "completely bonkers".

West Dunbartonshire Council refused to allow the Sheephill site to be extended in March last year after 20 years of debate.

Reducing the number of pupils who qualify for school travel, charging for brown bin collections and cancelling fireworks displays and Christmas lights switch-ons have also been suggested on a list of 47 cuts presented to councillors last week.

The council will commit itself to the changes which will be brought in by whoever wins the council election later this year.

The area will lose out on £2 million and the council leader described the move as "indefensible"

Chief Superintendent Lynn Ratcliff spoke at a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, introducing a report that showed an 11.4 percent year-on-year rise in sexual crimes.

West Dunbartonshire Council suggests Levengrove Park, Christie Park and Dalmuir Park should have memorial areas to honour those who have lost their lives during the pandemic.

Last month WDC chief executive Joyce White announced that she would be standing down from the role after a decade at the helm of the local authority, saying: “It has been a difficult decision to move on from a job, an organisation and an area I care so much about.”