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First Minister brands West Lothian Council's case for budget saving as "untenable"

The First Minister has doubled down on his criticism of West Lothian’s budget decision on funding cross- boundary private nursery places.  Responding to a letter from West lothian’s Labour council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick, John Swinney said: “It is untenable for families‘to be so affected by boundary lines.”    The council leader told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Mr Swinney is being totally disingenuous.”  The row started after the…
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theedinburghreporter.co.uk broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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