The leader of South Lanarkshire Council has been suspended for two months for disclosing confidential information.
Following a Standards Commission hearing held today (June 28), Councillor Joe Fagan (East Kilbride Central North) was found to have breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct by disclosing confidential information to the press.
Councillor Fagan was found to have leaked a list of leisure and culture facilities that had been identified for potential closure to various local news outlets by way of a press release on April 30, 2021, before he was the leader of the council.