Vote of no confidence in South Lanarkshire Council leader Joe Fagan is defeated

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A vote of no confidence in South Lanarkshire council’s leader has been defeated.At a full council meeting on Wednesday (August 23), the SNP group moved a vote of no confidence in councillor Joe Fagan after he was suspended in June.Councillor Fagan was suspended from his duties for a period of two months from July 7 due to being found in breach of the Standards Commission’s Councillors’ Code of Conduct.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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