Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Aberdeen Labour launch manifesto

Labour launch election manifesto outside Aberdeen art gallery.
Picture of Councillor Jenny Laing and local candidates.
Labour launch election manifesto outside Aberdeen art gallery. Picture of Councillor Jenny Laing and local candidates.

Aberdeen’s ruling Labour group have vowed to build new care homes, thousands of houses and pump £10million into repairing pot holes – and bid for a second city deal to help pay for it.

A bus in front of the city’s art gallery, symbolising further commitments to bid for the city of culture crown in 2025 and to investigate bringing a council-run bus service to the Granite City, was wheeled out yesterday as the local party revealed their manifesto for the upcoming council elections.

The Labour group, currently the largest party in the town house, is hopeful they can again form a coalition to keep them in power for a further five years.

The SNP is the only group to have put forward enough candidates to achieve a majority although they are also likely to require a coalition to achieve power.

Other eye-catching proposals in the glossy 29 page document include building new care homes through the arms-length Bon Accord Care body, which the SNP group say they would abolish, and ensuring all council contractors are paid the living wage.

With free city centre wi-fi already running in many streets around the Granite City, the party said they would put Aberdeen at the “cutting edge of the digital age” by bringing in super-fast 5G broadband.

Labour also say they would prepare a business case for introducing controversial “low emission zones” which could ban cars or heavy vehicles from certain sections of the city.

Group leader Jenny Laing said her administration had already proved their cultural capital with multi-million pound renovations of the art gallery and music hall – and would seek to draw more tourists to Aberdeen in a bid to diversify the region’s oil-reliant economy.

She said: “We need to build on the firm foundations we have laid over the last five years, we want to move forward in the city.

“If Aberdeen is to realise its bright future we need continued investment in infrastructure and communities.

“I think we have shown a real commitment to regenerating the city centre. If we are to attract a greater number of people to live and work in the city, and indeed visit, we have to make sure our cultural offering is competing not just on a national stage but on a global stage.”