Labour council groups will have the “flexibility” to strike deals with other parties - despite a coalition ban trumpeted during the election campaign.A leaked document shows that any proposed arrangements would have to reflect the party’s position on the cost-of-living crisis and opposition to austerity.
A key plank of the Scottish Labour council election campaign was a promise not to enter into any formal coalitions with the SNP or the Tories.
The hardline stance raised eyebrows as Anas Sarwar ’s party had shared power with the SNP in places such as Edinburgh, Fife and Dumfries and Galloway over the previous five years, as well as with the Tories in Aberdeen.
A note in the name of Scottish Labour general secretary James Kelly, dated May 5th, reveals the curbs may not not as black and white as previously believed.Council groups were reminded of the “clear” position on no coalitions with Labour's two main rivals, but the document added: “There would be flexibility around local agreements post-election.”The note confirmed that where no one party had an overall majority on a council, groups could not enter into arrangements without the “specific approval” of Labour’s Scottish Executive Committee (SEC).An SEC sub committee would consider any “post-election arrangement requests” from Labour groups.
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