Severe
cuts in council planning departments are leading to potential safety risks for
the public, reducing the quality of the service delivered and worsening
inequalities, a survey of UNISON members has revealed today.
And
the union argues that the essential protections needed to “protect the public
from unscrupulous and dangerous practices” - and to ensure that Scotland is a
safe place to live and work - will be weakened in the Scottish government’s new
Regulation Bill.
