EXECUTIVE ANTI-GLASGOW BIAS CONTINUES - CITIES REVIEW IS A "DAMP SQUIB"

Tommy Sheridan, Scottish Socialist Party MSP and National Convenor, today slammed the much-delayed Cities Review as a “damp squib”. He accused the Executive of continuing its anti-Glasgow bias through continued underfunding.

Tommy Sheridan said,
“What a cruel disappointment. After over two years’ delay, Glasgow has yet again been short-changed by a Scottish Executive which is patently anti-Glasgow. The £40 million over three years represents less than £14 million a year and compares to the £83 million a year we lose through the unfair rates system.

We have secured less than average funding increases every year under New Labour and continue to subsidise the rest of Scotland with our massive rates contribution. The Executive says it recognises Glasgow’s acute poverty and deprivation, but it continues to ignore our plight. The Cities Review is a damp squib and a cruel one at that.”

For more information, contact Tommy Sheridan on 07887 795075 or Hugh Kerr on 0131 348 5631/07713 063647