The SNP have made an offer to Labour to run a joint administration in West Lothian, it has emerged, in a bid to prevent a “grubby deal” between Labour and the Tories which would see the biggest party locked out of power.
The SNP have proposed a shared administration with a Labour Provost, an SNP depute, and an SNP council leader with a Labour deputy. Additionally the deputy would chair the important Partnership and Resources Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel (PDSP).