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Frank McAveety to stand down as Labour leader on Glasgow City Council
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dailyrecord.co.ukScottish Labour veteran Frank McAveety is to stand down as the party's leader on Glasgow City Council to allow a new generation to take charge.
The former Holyrood minister will not stand for the role when the local party stages its forthcoming AGM, it was announced today.
McAveety twice served as the leader of Scotland's biggest council in between a spell as an MSP, which included several ministerial roles.
He became Labour group leader in Glasgow in 2015 but couldn't prevent the SNP from taking power at the City Chambers for the first time at the 2017 local elections.He said: "It has been an incredible privilege to lead Labour’s team in Glasgow and despite our difficult times in recent years as a party, preventing the SNP achieving an.
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