SNP blame Labour and Tories for nursery closures in county
Edinburgh Evening News
|May 08, 2025
A political row has erupted over the closure of eight nurseries in West Lothian with the council's opposition SNP saying the blame for the controversial decision lies "squarely with the Labour/Tory administration".
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The Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed last week that Holyrood ministers effectively agreed with the council Education Executive's decision to shutter the nurseries at the end of June.
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