THE LEADER of Argyll and Bute Council is pressing the Scottish Government to locate its proposed new Scottish welfare delivery agency in the local authority area.
Councillor Dick Walsh wrote to finance minister John Swinney in March after reading about the Scottish Government’s plans for a new welfare delivery agency for Scotland, to deliver and administer benefits payments following devolution of social security powers through the Scotland Bill.
Now, the council leader has writtemn to all MSPs who represent the Argyll and Bute area seeking their support for Argyll and Bute as a location for the agency.