HARD LABOUR
Daily Record|October 05, 2024
By-election flop blamed on WFP and freebies
PAUL HUTCHEON
HARD LABOUR

SCOTTISH Labour are blaming the winter fuel payment cut and the Downing Street freebies scandal for two damaging council by-election losses in Dundee.

The SNP held on to majority control of Dundee Council after pulling off a double triumph in the Lochee and Strathmartine wards.

Labour had poured resources into the city, with party leader Anas Sarwar hoping to win both contests.

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