The First 12 months of a SNP led council in Glasgow has been a “wasted year” according to the last Labour council leader.

One year after the SNP ousted Labour and Susan Aitken took over as leader, Frank McAveety, accused the SNP of “complacency” and passing on cuts from the Scottish Government.

Labour’s run of decades of unbroken power at the City Chambers was ended when 39 SNP councillors were elected last May to Labour’s 31.

Mr McAveety however, said the new administration has not lived up to their promises.

He said: “I speak from experience when I say that there is no greater privilege than being given the opportunity to serve your community and your city. Labour lost the election last year – a fact that we accept, and something that we must learn and grow from.

But the sad reality is, this last year has been a wasted opportunity by this new SNP administration.

Glasgow is Scotland’s success story. It is the powerhouse of the Scottish economy that punches above its weight on the global stage. But the hard reality is that we are also a city with its challenges. Too many of our citizens have not been able to share in our economic prosperity.”

The former MSP who returned for a second stint as leader when Gordon Matheson stood down in 2015

His second tenure lasted less than two years before he was replaced with Ms Aitken.

He criticised his successor for increasing childcare costs and

He said: “Instead of standing up for our city and our communities, the SNP in Glasgow are choosing the pass the cost of unfunded dictats from the SNP in Edinburgh onto working parents.”

Mr McAveety said the new administration has not prevented further cuts to the council’s budget.

He said: ““A year ago, the SNP promised a better deal for Glasgow, by re-joining COSLA and building a more constructive relationship with the Scottish Government.

“But when it came down to it: the SNP council leader simply stood by and allowed £5million to be taken from this city because of a spreadsheet blunder.

“That’s not ambitious or stronger for Glasgow. That’s not standing up for Glasgow. That’s not leadership – that’s capitulation.”

The SNP, after its first 100 days, said it had met the promises it made before the election..

The Evening Times also gave the new administration a list of issues and concerns form readers and people in the city that they wanted action on.

Ms Aitken pointed to initiatives to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, a dedicated environmental officer for Govanhill and she said the council had settled a long running janitors strike and begun negotiations to end the equal pay dispute by calling a halt to the opposition to settlement through the courts.