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Labour Aberdeen councillors close to being expelled for Tory coalition
[Martin Stiburek]

LABOUR moved a step closer to expelling a group of Labour councillors for forming a coalition with Tories this weekend.

All of the party’s representatives on Aberdeen City Council were suspended from Labour membership last year, after they signed a deal to out-vote the SNP.

The council is now jointly led by the former Labour group leader Jenny Laing and Conservative Douglas Lumsden.

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