A Lanarkshire tax office which opened in 1978 will close its doors for good today.
Despite campaigners' pleas for a U-turn, HMRC's Cumbernauld base is being mothballed - with at least £1m and about 1300 jobs lost to the local economy.
That's according to figures cited by SNP Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP, Stuart McDonald.