THE horror of the events in Paris on Friday the 13th have appalled all decent people.

As a mark of our solidarity and respect we flew the French tricolour at half mast over the City Chambers for the three days of national mourning in France.

The people of Paris and around the world have already shown their resilience, their solidarity and their resolve, standing united against their attackers and ensuring that life goes on.

This is a more powerful message than any bomb or bullet.

Last Friday at the State of the City Economy Conference in Glasgow, I outlined my vision for our city’s future and how, working in partnership, we can build a more prosperous and fair Glasgow.

In June this year the city council pledged to renew the face of housing in the city by working with our partners to build 25,000 new houses by 2025.

Today I can say we are on track for the social housing part of that pledge.

This week the council will release 20 new sites on council land, to housing associations across the city.

New sites for new houses that will mean hundreds of new homes being built, keeping us on track for 1000 houses a year.

That is a pledge of a £50m pound investment to the housing associations of our city.

£50m of keeping our promises.

And I have given our development directors special powers to make that happen quickly.

The people can’t wait.

We know that. In the next five years we aim to build 5000 houses in the city.

The people need to judge Labour not by what we say but by what we do.

We aim to keep our promises.

On Friday last we reached a really important milestone in our Living Wage campaign when the 400th business signed up for the Living Wage for its workers.

That’s a higher number in Glasgow than the Scottish Government’s scheme across the country.

Well done Glasgow.

Another promise being kept.

Tomorrow George Osborne will present his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons.

If newspaper leaks are true, the billions of pounds in new cuts will heap further misery on Glasgow when we are already bearing the brunt of Tory and Scottish Government cuts forcing our city to find an eye-watering £121m of budget cuts in the next two years.

It is time to call things by their real names.

In 2008-09 Glasgow’s share of Scotland’s local government settlement was 13.91%.

This share has gradually reduced over that time and in 2015-16 it is now 12.81%.

If Glasgow had retained its share at 2008-09 levels of 13.91% our settlement would have been £109 million higher in 2015-16.

That is money we can’t get back which would have made a difference to the people of the city.

The Scottish Government talk about fighting poverty and inequality but in reality they are responsible for giving Glasgow a double dose of austerity - piling their own cuts on top of the cuts from Osborne in Westminster.

Glasgow is getting a budget double whammy first from the Tories and then the SNP.

The pattern of cuts imposed on Glasgow confirms this view.The city council estimated that in the next two years, based on previous years, we could expect budget cuts of £103m.

However, the latest budget review has established new measures for allocating funds.

Guess what?

That will cost Glasgow an additional £18 million, on top of the £103m savings we are expected to make.

These additional cuts confronting Glasgow mean that the people of the city really need to know what’s going on. The Scottish Government cannot blame these cuts on the homeless in Glasgow, the elderly in care homes in Glasgow, or those suffering mental health issues in Glasgow on the Tories.

These are Nicola’s cuts.

No ifs no buts.

£18m of them.

On many occasions the First Minister has said she wants to lead a fight against inequality and poverty.

I admire her for that and share the sentiments.

However, in reality the opposite is happening in Glasgow – in fact in our poorest communities inequality and poverty are on the march.

I am seeking a meeting with Nicola to discuss that.

It is time for a fair deal for Glasgow.