January 2019

Changes to Glasgow's placing request criteria and secondary school entry criteria will be implemented from the new school term in August 2019 following an extensive public consultation and agreement by elected members at a recent City Administration Committee.

Glasgow City Council has appointed Professor Brian Evans as its first City Urbanist.

A Glasgow City Council committee today (29 January) considered a Property and Land Strategy which will guide how the council can make the best use of its substantial property and land estate. The possible relocation of council offices from the city centre to key regeneration areas across Glasgow is one action that may be delivered through the strategy.

Addictions experts today voiced fears that street drugs being sold as Valium are responsible for an unprecedented number of drug related deaths in Glasgow.

Glasgow City Council and the equal pay claimant group represented by Action4Equality, UNISON, GMB and UNITE are delighted to confirm that they have reached an agreement in principle to a package of payments to resolve historical claims for unequal pay within the claimant group.

Design proposals for the last leg of Glasgow's South City Way route are to be unveiled at a drop-in event for the public.

Members of the Road Haulage Association; the trade association of road transport operators, came together today to hear about Glasgow's recently introduced Low Emission Zone and to find out more about its second phase which will extend emission requirements to all vehicles by the end of 2022.

The Scottish Government funded Community Links programme has awarded the council £300,000 for junction improvements in the Barras area, as part of a City Deal project to create a unique, vibrant destination immediately to the east of Glasgow Cross.

The council's Neighbourhoods, Housing and Public Realm Committee considered the Masterplan, a vision for the regeneration of this strategically important location which has been developed by Govan Housing Association (Govan HA), Central Govan Action Plan (CGAP), the council, and Collective Architecture.