LibDems team up with Tories to form Argyll and Bute Council and keep SNP out

Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton had said he had 'anxieties' over the Tories' political direction

THE LibDems have teamed up with Conservative and independent councillors to keep the SNP out of Argyll and Bute Council.

Although voters elected the SNP as the largest group on the council with a total of 12 councillors earlier this month, the party could not secure a majority.