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SNP representatives from across Strathclyde have written to the Scottish Transport Minister, Stewart Stevenson, seeking his support for the top two positions of SPT to be wrested from the control of the Labour party.

SNP MP for Glasgow East, John Mason, has hit out at the UK Government for letting Glasgow and Scotland down after it was announced the Student Loans Company (SLC) was set to make 150 people in the city redundant and move 45 jobs to Darlington.

The Labour party’s deceit of Glasgow over the Glasgow Airport Rail Link was exposed today as they failed to use their ONE remaining opportunity to put forward proposals to reinstate the project. Labour also failed to ask Parliament to reject the budget – both commitments they had made to the people of Glasgow.

The SNP has today (Wednesday) hit out at the Labour administration in Glasgow City Council after plans to slash services and cut jobs across the City emerged last night.

The SNP today (Friday) highlighted investment in education and skills as part of a package of measures in place to help the people of Glasgow North East through Labour’s recession with a visit to a local college.

SNP MSP for Glasgow Anne McLaughlin has rejected Labour's absurd smear tactics over the SNP's funding for Glasgow. Ms McLaughlin pointed out that, not only did Glasgow City Council receive the highest grant per head of population of any mainland local authority, the SNP Scottish Government is also investing over £842 million in the new Southern General Hospital for the city.

SNP MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop, today (Friday) joined SNP by-election candidate David Kerr to tour the new Glasgow North College in Springburn.

The Scottish Government has announced an offer of financial support to Glasgow Fastlink to connect the city centre, with the Clyde, the new Southern General and the Commonwealth Games.

Glasgow’s Labour council is letting the city down after leader Stephen Purcell has been revealed to be cancelling meetings and clearing his diary to campaign in a local by-election.