West Lothian’s council leader has called on the Scottish Government to cancel its plans for a National Care Service and instead use the money spent on "exorbitant" consultancy fees to fund care of the elderly.
Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick said "repeated underfunding" of care by the government have left the council faced with having to close a number of care homes.
And councillors backed a call for the money being used to explore the controversial idea of a national care service to instead be used for local service.
