Suspended Labour councillors in Aberdeen still waiting on decision

The Aberdeen council headquarters at Marischal College. The city's Labour group of councillors were suspended by their party last year. Picture: Wikicommons

The group of councillors suspended by Scottish Labour last year will not have their fate decided until next month, it has been reported.

Nine elected representatives on Aberdeen City Council were reprimanded by their party after agreeing to form a coalition with the Conservatives in May 2017, ignoring instructions from then leader Kezia Dugdale that no deals should be made with the Tories following council elections.

Scottish Labour continued the suspension in November, saying the group needed to prove they were anti-austerity when setting the local authority’s budget, but will not review the matter again until July, BBC Scotland reported. It is understood continued suspension is not an option.

The decision by the Aberdeen councillors caused a headache for Kezia Dugdale just as the campaign for last year’s general election got underway.