Amanda Keenan

1 week ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Amanda Keenan

We told earlier this week how criminals are now unable to carry out community payback orders in the city’s East End after local authority chiefs walked away from an agreement for the premise in Boden Street – despite having 10 years to strike a deal with landlords. The local authority has a legal obligation to hand back the building in the same pristine condition as when it moved the project in during 2015.

1 week ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Amanda Keenan

Staff say they were ‘blindsided’ by the decision to shut down the building in Boden Street, leaving offenders no longer able to continue work on projects union bosses say have benefitted the East End for years. The facility, which allowed people to carry out court-imposed orders as an alternative to prison, was previously hailed by ministers as the ideal template for similar community justice initiatives all around Scotland.

1 week ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Amanda Keenan

Residents in Carmyle have labelled the deal between the local authority and a private housebuilder as a ‘betrayal’ after it was voted through by councillors at a crunch meeting on Thursday. They have now launched a petition and are calling on councillors to urgently rethink their decision. The five plots of land, which extend to more than 30 acres, are set to be snapped up by Carmyle Developments Ltd, with plans to build 400 homes next to River Road and Kenmuir Road.

2 weeks ago | www-tmp.thenational.scot | Amanda Keenan

Pensioners Peter and Flo Fanning, from Coatbridge, took their case to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, claiming that both sets of decision-makers failed to consult pensioners and did not release an equality impact assessment on the changes. The Court of Session ruled to refuse the petition on Friday morning. Peter and Flo lost their entitlement to the financial assistance and became worried about their ability to afford their heating costs.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Amanda Keenan

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