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West Lothian Council's capital budget agreed

Daily Record 13 Mar 2026
But while the capital budget agreed will see �29m spent in the next year alone, further funding cuts from the Scottish Government means the council will face tougher decisions in future ... .
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West Lothian Council says home is where the heart is for Mother’s Day

Daily Record 04 Mar 2026
The annual celebration takes place on Sunday, March 15, with a huge range of West Lothian businesses you can support if you are looking for gifts, meals or activities to mark the occasion ... .
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Nurseries challenge West Lothian Council's budget decision

Daily Record 02 Mar 2026
West Lothian Council voted to end early years funding for private nurseries for children living out with the county ... .
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West Lothian Council pulls plug on public broadcast of meetings

Daily Record 26 Feb 2026
The proposal, which will save �51,000 largely in staffing costs, was one of dozens put forward in a bid to help the council balance its budget ... .
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West Lothian Council to impose Council Tax rise of 7.4 percent from April

Daily Record 25 Feb 2026
The minority Labour-led administration pushed through its budget by two votes ... .
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West Lothian Council bosses hope to save £130k with novel street cleaning hack

Daily Record 16 Feb 2026
The authority is building equipment to retrieve water from the detritus collected keeping the county’s streets clean ... .
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Unions slates cuts in proposals going before West Lothian Council for budget decisions

Daily Record 12 Feb 2026
But while officers say the broader education service- including music tuition - is protected, unions slated proposals as cuts ... .
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West Lothian Council backs greater use of AI with agreement on guidelines

Daily Record 10 Feb 2026
Councillors backed adoption of a policy to govern use of the rapidly developing technology after the success of early trials ... .
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West Lothian Council rents set to rise if councillors back budget proposals

Daily Record 06 Feb 2026
The rise represents a 3.5% annual increase- first introduced in 2023- and approved in a consultation with tenants just before Christmas ... .
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West Lothian Council's budget gap reaches �15.4 million

Daily Record 04 Feb 2026
The news that surging costs are pushing the deficit comes a fortnight before councillors have to decide on a new set of cuts ... .
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West Lothian Council backs broader Council Tax reforms

Daily Record 28 Jan 2026
Responding to a Holyrood consultation councillors supported the call for 14 bands instead of the current eight, and revaluation every five years ... .
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Telecoms provider secures multi-million pound contract with West Lothian Council

Daily Record 22 Jan 2026
Commsworld, a leading UK-wide provider of networking and connectivity solutions, has secured a 15-year contract worth over �8m to deliver and maintain a new Wide Area Network (WAN) for the council ... .
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Crackdown on empty and void West Lothian Council homes agreed

Daily Record 21 Jan 2026
A common theme across the chamber in Livingston was the desire to cut down the number of void, or empty homes, which require thousands of pounds of refurbishment after abandonment ... .
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West Lothian Council agrees motion calling for ban on manufacture and sale of loud fireworks

Daily Record 21 Jan 2026
Conservative councillor Alison Adamson called on the council’s Chief Executive to write to both Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister and John Swinney, Scotland’s First Minister urging a ban ... .
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West Lothian Council crackdown found tenant sub-let home while living abroad

Daily Record 19 Jan 2026
It was one of the success stories in a crackdown on tenancy and Blue Badge fraud in West Lothian in the last ten months ... .

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