NLC SCHOOL MEALS UPDATE

A new payment system is being set up for parents and carers of pupils who receive free school meals. You will be sent a message twice a week from the council, which will include a voucher code for £10 (£20 per child per week). The voucher can be redeemed at any shop with Pay Point […]

NORTH LANARKSHIRE SCHOOL HUBS UPDATE

From today, 10 hubs will open across North Lanarkshire for the children of key workers. Full details are available at www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/coronavirus. The following schools will be open as hubs. Key workers are advised to take their child to their closest hub, where provision will be available between 9am and 3pm. All other schools will be fully […]

NORTH LANARKSHIRE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT

All North Lanarkshire schools will be open on Monday for the children of the following categories of key workers. It is essential, to stop the spread of transmission of coronavirus, that people who can work from home do work from home. This is not business as usual and it is vital that this support being […]

NLC BUDGET 2020/21

Due to the continued cuts from the Tory Government in London, the SNP Group in NLC did their best to create a budget which protects frontline jobs and services by listening to the concerns of local people. Sadly, the Labour budget was passed leading to:🚨 New charges for community alarms of £3.40 per week.🍞 An increase in […]

SCOT GOV CARER SUPPLEMENT PAYS OUT £6m TO NORTH LANARKSHIRE CARERS

LOCAL MP WELCOMES FIGURES SHOWING NORTH LANARKSHIRE SECOND MOST LOCAL AUTHORTY TO BENEFIT FROM GROUND-BREAKING NEW CARERS ALLOWANCE SUPPLEMENT Recent figures have revealed that North Lanarkshire carers were the second biggest recipient of the SNP Scottish Government’s Carers Allowance Supplement (CAS) with £6m being paid out since April 2018. The CAS provides carers with £226.20 […]

NLC BIN CUTS LEADS TO RATS INFESTATION

SNP MP CALLS FOR INCREASED COLLECTIONS IN COUNCIL BUDGET AS RAT SIGHTINGS DOUBLE Figures from North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) have revealed that the council’s decision to reduce general waste collections has doubled rat sightings in North Lanarkshire in the space of a year. Changes backed by Labour Councillors, including NLC Leader, Cllr Jim Logue, came […]