Labour’s candidate to lead Glasgow City Council has apologised for his party’s role in the long-running equal pay scandal. Malcolm Cunning said he understood why some female workers denied fair wages feel let down by Labour.
He also indicated that the local authority may have to remortgage more properties in a bid to meet outstanding claims. Councillor Cunning, who first joined Labour in the late 1970s, is going head-to-head with the SNP’s Susan Aitken to run Glasgow after May’s election.
The SNP took control of the city chambers in 2017 after decades of Labour rule and Cunning is determined to win back the city.
Central to his party’s manifesto is addressing what one trade union leader described as the “filthy” state of the city.Cunning, who represents the Linn ward, said: “It’s cleanliness, it’s bin uplift, it’s rubbish on the street, it’s potholes.”“We certainly are looking to invest both money and people into addressing those issues."We’ve lost 269 frontline staff from cleansing in the city in the past five years.
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