West Lothian Liberal Democrat abstains in budget vote

West Lothian Liberal Democrat abstains in budget vote

Linlithgow Lib Dem Sally Pattle refused to back either the Labour budget or SNP’s alternative proposals.

Liberal Democrat abstains from West Lothian budget vote

West Lothian’s minority Labour-led coalition lost one supporter for its budget this week.  Linlithgow Lib Dem Sally Pattle  abstained, refusing to back either the Labour budget or SNP’s alternative proposals.  Councillor Pattle told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the budget   didn’t represent “the best we can do for residents or businesses.”   She called the proposals: “short-term sticking plaster politics.”  The administration scrap…