17th November 2021
The two-year pilot initiative encourages cities like Glasgow to commit to sustainable development. Glasgow City Council announced on 11 November it will join the Thriving Cities Initiative of cities working to meet the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement goals. The initiative is a two-year pilot project for cities who acknowledge the need to tackle ...
4th November 2021
After a number of women were forced to walk home in the dark following COP26 related restrictions in Finnieston, a spokesperson for Glasgow City Council has stated that parks are only for “daytime use”. A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council has suggested that lighting issues in Kelvingrove Park are unlikely to improve anytime soon. Safety ...
31st October 2021
GMB refuse collectors will participate in a walkout from midnight tonight. This afternoon GMB confirmed that the cleansing service in Glasgow City Council will take strike action throughout the first full week of COP26. From midnight tonight, GMB refuse collectors will participate in a walkout, after previously calling the strike action off on Friday. Unions ...
30th January 2021
The extra financial support follows the Council’s winter payment of £120 to children of low-income families. An additional fund announced by the Glasgow City Council will ensure every child eligible for free school meals receives a fortnightly payment of £25 to support families during the current lockdown. The grant was announced after the most recent ...
29th September 2020
Rachel Campbell discusses the negative impact that the proposed closure of Citizens Advice services could have on Glaswegians. The Glasgow Times recently reported that five of the eight Citizens Advice Bureaux in Glasgow, face closure; Glasgow Central, Bridgeton, Easterhouse, Parkhead, and Castlemilk. The remaining three are said to be facing cuts. These closures and cuts, ...
18th September 2020
In a £1m lease deal, the council and School of Art will work to deliver Underline Avenue by 2023. Glasgow City Council is to lease land from the Glasgow School of Art in order to deliver a direct pedestrian and cyclist link between the city centre and the West End. For the route to be ...
4th September 2020
4-6 Melrose Street saw two students die in a fire in March 1999 and have since deteriorated into an empty slum, resulting in a Compulsory Purchase Order by the council. A block of tenement flats in the Woodlands area are to be bought by the Glasgow City Council after the building has fallen into disrepair. ...
24th August 2020
The council had previously locked 10 of its 16 gates during the summer to “address persistent, alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour within the park”. Glasgow City Council has announced that all gates at Kelvingrove Park have been reopened as of Friday 21 August. The council made the announcement on their Facebook page where they claim that the ...
